Relative prevalence of salmonella Sofia on broiler chickens pre and post processing in Australia

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1544-1548

  Mellor, G E ^a   Duffy, L L ^a   Dykes, G A ^a   Fegan, N ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Food and Nutritional Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Poultry; Prevalence; Processing; Salmonella sofia; Survival

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR SOFIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHICKEN; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHICKENS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING;

EID: 77955890668     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00387     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Berrang, M. E., J. S. Bailey, S. F. Altekruse, B. Patel, W. K. Shaw, R. J. Meinersmann, and P. J. Fedorka-Cray. 2007. Prevalence and numbers of Campylobacter on broiler carcasses collected at rehang and postchill in 20 US processing plants. J. Food Prot. 70:1556-1560.
2. Berrang, M. E., J. S. Bailey, S. F. Altekruse, and W. K. Shaw. 2008. Presence and numbers of Campylobacter, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella determined in broiler carcass rinses from United States processing plants in the hazard analysis and critical control point-based inspection models project. J. Appl. Poult. Res. 17:354-360.
3. Chadfield, M., M. Skov, J. Christensen, M. Madsen, and M. Bis-gaard. 2001. An epidemiological study of Salmonella enterica serovar 4, 12:b:- in broiler chickens in Denmark. Vet. Microbiol. 82:233-247.
4. Chia, T. W. R., N. Fegan, and G. A. Dykes. 2009a. Potential role for the 4, 12 antigen in the prevalence of clonal Salmonella serovars in poultry. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75:3377.
5. Chia, T. W. R., R. M. Goulter, T. McMeekin, G. A. Dykes, and N. Fegan. 2009b. Attachment of different Salmonella serovars to materials commonly used in a poultry processing plant. Food Microbiol. 26:853-859.
6. Eglezos, S., G. A. Dykes, B. Huang, N. Fegan, and E. Stuttard. 2008. Bacteriological profile of raw, frozen chicken nuggets. J. Food Prot. 71:613-615.
7. Harrington, C. S., J. A. Lanser, P. A. Manning, and C. J. Murray. 1991. Epidemiology of Salmonella Sofia in Australia. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:223-227.
8. Huehn, S., C. Bunge, E. Junker, R. Helmuth, and B. Malorny. 2009. Poultry-associated Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar 4,12:d:- reveals high clonality and a distinct pathogenicity gene repertoire. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75:1011-1020.
9. Humphrey, T. 2004. Science and society-Salmonella, stress responses and food safety. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 2:504-509.
10. IMVS. 2008. Australian Salmonella Reference Centre Annual Report. Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia.
11. Manas, P., R. Pagan, I. Alvarez, and S. C. Uson. 2003. Survival of Salmonella Senftenberg 775 W to current liquid whole egg pasteurization treatments. Food Microbiol. 20:593-600.
12. Northcutt, J. K., M. E. Berrang, J. A. Dickens, D. L. Fletcher, and N. A. Cox. 2003. Effect of broiler age, feed withdrawal, and transportation on levels of coliforms, Campylobacter, Escherichia coli and Salmonella on carcasses before and after immersion chilling. Poult. Sci. 82:169-173.
13. Olsen, J. E., D. J. Brown, M. Madsen, and M. Bisgaard. 2003. Cross-contamination with Salmonella on broiler slaughterhouse line demonstrated by use of epidemiological markers. J. Appl. Microbiol. 94:826-835.
14. Pointon, A., M. Sexton, P. Dowsett, T. Saputra, A. Kiermeier, M. Lorimer, G. Holds, G. Arnold, D. Davos, B. Combs, S. Fabians-son, G. Raven, H. McKenzie, A. Chapman, and J. Sumner. 2008. A baseline survey of the microbiological quality of chicken portions and carcasses at retail in two Australian states (2005 to 2006). J. Food Prot. 71:1123-1134.
15. Rasschaert, G., K. Houf, and L. De Zutter. 2007. Impact of the slaughter line contamination on the presence of Salmonella on broiler carcasses. J. Appl. Microbiol. 103:333-341.
16. Rasschaert, G., K. Houf, C. Godard, C. Wildemauwe, M. Pastuszc-zak-Frank, and L. De Zutter. 2008. Contamination of carcasses with Salmonella during poultry slaughter. J. Food Prot. 71:146-152.
17. Sexton, M., G. Raven, G. Holds, A. Pointon, A. Kiermeier, and J. Sumner. 2007. Effect of acidified sodium chlorite treatment on chicken carcases processed in South Australia. Int. J. Food Mi-crobiol. 115:252-255.
18. Soerjadi-Liem, A. S., and R. B. Cumming. 1983. Studies on the incidence of Salmonella carriers in broiler flocks entering a poultry processing plant in Australia. Poult. Sci. 63:892-895.
19. Standards Australia. 2004a. Food microbiology-Preparation of test samples for microbiological examination-Poultry and poultry products. Australian Standard 5013.20-2004. SAI Global, Sydney, Australia.
20. Standards Australia. 2004b. Food microbiology-Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs-Horizontal method for the detection of Salmonella spp. Australian standard method 5013.10-2004. SAI Global., Sydney, Australia.