Evaluation of Salmonella rod incidence in poultry in the Lublin Province over the years 2001-2005.
The researches included geese, broiler chickens and reproductive laying hens. The occurrence of Salmonella rods assigned to the serovars in the bird flocks was assessed for the years 2001-2005. In geese, during 2001-2003, S. typhimurium was isolated most frequently, whereas in 2004 - S. enteriditis (42.8%). Throughout the research period, in the flocks of reproductive laying hens, the S. enteriditis proved the most commonly reported serovar (67.8%). Among broiler chickens in 2001, S. typhimurium prevailed by only a slight percentage (45.1%). In the bird flocks under investigation, the highest Salmonella rate was obtained from the dead embryos, followed by cloacal swabs, inner organs of birds and faeces, while the lowest was detected in the litter obtained from chick breeding boxes.
Trawinska
Beata
B
Department of Animal Hygiene and Environment, Faculty of Biology and Animal Breeding, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland. beata.trawinska@ar.lublin.pl
Saba
Leon
L
Wdowiak
Leszek
L
Ondrasovicova
Olga
O
Nowakowicz-Debek
Bozena
B
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005260:Female; D005777:Geese; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000517:prevention & control; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification*