Campylobacter-contaminated poultry meat is an important source of foodborne gastroenteritis and poses a serious health burden in industrialized countries. Broiler chickens are commonly regarded as a natural host for this pathogen and infected birds carry a very high Campylobacter load in their gastrointestinal tract, especially the ceca. This results in contaminated carcasses during processing....

The current public health approach to avian influenza focuses on control and management after an outbreak has already occurred. While control methods have numerous benefits and have played a large role in containing outbreaks, although not until some days, weeks, and/or months following the initial infection(s), this approach does have its limitations. Not only is a focus on control following a...

Most current research on Campylobacter has focused on preharvest or processing plant cross-contamination. Little is known about the effect of storage environment on the survival of Campylobacter on raw poultry. We evaluated the effects of modified storage atmosphere and freezing on the survival of naturally occurring Campylobacter on raw poultry. Broiler carcasses (n = 560) were collected as th...

The article presents the results of studying impact spore-forming probiotic “Olin” and prebiotic “Eсofiltrum” on meat quality broiler chicken carcasses Ross-308 cross. In course research, it has been found that inclusion these preparations in diet a positive effect studied indicators: pre-slaughter weight increased by 4.3-5.7%, gutted carcass 4.6-6.2%, muscle 4.8-6.5%, loin muscles 5.7-8.2%. ra...

Reducing the Campylobacter load on poultry carcasses represents a major tasks for industry as its ability to reduce their presence is of interest aiming increase consumer safety. This study investigated mixture natural antimicrobials (A3001) adherence T6SS+/? C. coli isolates (NC1hcp-, NC2 hcp- and NC3 hcp+) chicken neck skin whole carcasses. Overall, antimicrobial induced significant reduction...

To determine the risk of infection associated with exposure to low-pathogenic avian influenza (AI) virus-contaminated poultry litter, the tenacity of low pathogenic A/Ck/CA/431/00(H6N2), A/Mallard/MN/355779/00(H5N2), and A/turkey/Ohio/313053/04(H3N2) was evaluated. Viral stocks were incubated with poultry litter from commercial flocks at 25°C. Three types of poultry litter, wood shavings, shavi...

Cold air or ice water can be used to chill poultry carcasses after slaughter. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of 2 chill methods on broiler carcass bacteria. Broiler carcasses were cut in half along the dorsal-ventral midline; one half was subjected to an ice-water immersion chill in an agitated bath for 50 min, whereas the reciprocal half was subjected to an air chill in ...