title: Prevalence and characterization of Salmonella species in entire steps of a single integrated broiler supply chain in Korea.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution of Salmonella species in an integrated broiler supply chain in Korea. A total of 1,214 samples from various steps of an integrated broiler production company including broiler breeder farms, broiler farms, broiler trucks, slaughterhouse, and retail chicken meats were collected and investigated. Salmonella was detected in 195 of the samples. The highest prevalence of Salmonella was observed in broiler transporting trucks (71.43%), followed by the slaughterhouse (63.89%) and broiler farms (16.05%). Salmonella Hadar was the most frequently isolated serotype (83.08%). All Salmonella Hadar isolates investigated in this study with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed the same XbaI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pulsotype.
authors.affiliation: Avian Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 143-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Soo-Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jong-Su
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Byoung-Yoon
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong-Hun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae-Keun
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ha-Na
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Youn
authors.forename: Young-Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Sang-Bae
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joong-Bok
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung-Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: In-Soo
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Chang-Seon
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000662:veterinary; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping / Q000662:veterinary; D013045:Species Specificity; D014186:Transportation
keywords: Salmonella; broiler; poultry; prevalence