title: Occurrence of Salmonella enteritidis in unpasteurized liquid egg in the United States.
abstract: In order to gain a greater understanding of the occurrence and distribution of Salmonella enteritidis in the United States, a survey of unpasteurized liquid egg (collected at 20 egg-breaking plants across the United States) was conducted over a 52-week period. Weekly liquid egg samples were submitted for Salmonella culturing at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories. Group D positive salmonellae were serotyped and phage-typed. On a regional basis, the Northern Region of the United States had the highest S. enteritidis recovery, with 20% of the samples submitted from plants in that region culture-positive for this serotype. Salmonella enteritidis positives from the Southeast, Central, and Western regions were 10%, 15%, and 6% of the samples submitted, respectively.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Services, Salmonella Task Force, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Ebel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Beckman
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cummins
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scroeder-Tucker
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Sutherlin
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Glasshoff
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Smithhisler
mesh_terms: D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D004531:Eggs / Q000382:microbiology*; D005511:Food Handling; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology