title: Identification of Salmonella spp. isolates from chicken abattoirs by multiplex-PCR.
abstract: The present study was carried out to report the occurrence Salmonella spp., Salmonella Enteritidis, and Salmonella Typhimurium in chicken abattoirs. Samples of feces; feathers; scald, evisceration, and chiller water; and rinse water of non-eviscerated, eviscerated, and chilled carcass were collected from six chicken abattoirs. Salmonella isolates were identified by a multiplex-PCR using three sets of primers targeting the invA, pefA, and sefA gene sequences from Salmonella spp., S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis, respectively. Salmonella spp. was detected in 10% (29/288) of the samples, whereas serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium were identified in 62% (7/288), respectively. The results indicate the need to improve hygiene and sanitary standards in poultry slaughter lines, besides the education of food handlers and information to consumers.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Reprodução Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal, Universidade Estadual Paulista, CEP 14884-900, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. analordello@pop.com.br
authors.forename: A L L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Cortez
authors.forename: A C F B
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ikuno
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Bürger
authors.forename: A M C
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vidal-Martins
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs / Q000592:standards*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*