Backyard poultry ownership provides a great opportunity for improved self-reliance and small-scale agricultural sustainability through home egg and meat production. One issue with backyard poultry ownership is managing the waste products of your birds, particularly the manure and bedding mixture (termed “litter”) that builds up in the coop. If not managed properly, this waste material can creat...

BACKGROUND Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli bacteria (ExPEC) exist as commensals in the human intestines and can infect extraintestinal sites and cause septicemia. The transfer of ExPEC from poultry to humans and the role of poultry meat as a source of ExPEC in human disease have been discussed previously. The aim of the present study was to provide insight into the properties of ExP...

The genus Campylobacter  is of great importance to public health because it includes several species that may cause diarrhoea. Poultry and poultry products are known as important sources of human campylobacteriosis. In this study, during the autumn months of 2005, a total of 100 samples from poultry carcasses, representing 20 broiler flocks were obtained by rinse test, after the chilling stage ...

In view of certain disadvantages associated with the use of chemical preservatives, emphasis is being given on the use of natural preservatives for meat products. In present paper utilization of extracts of commonly used spices, desirable microbes and or their metabolites and certain antimicrobial constituents of other foods has been discussed.

Introduction 528 Method evaluation 528 Sample collection 530 Isolation methods 530 Preenrichment 530 Enrichment 531 Agar plates 531 Methods for bacterial counts 532 Pathogenic bacteria 533 Campylobacter 533 Clostridium perfringens 536 Listeria 536 Salmonella 537 Spoilage microorganisms 538 Mesotrophic bacteria 538 Psychrotrophic bacteria 539 Yeasts and molds 539 Application of molecular techniq...

Poultry and poultry products are commonly considered as the major vehicle of Campylobacter infection in humans worldwide. To reduce the number of human cases, the epidemiology of Campylobacter in poultry must be better understood. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to determine the distribution and genetic relatedness of Campylobacter in the Thai chicken production industry. Duri...

Beninati C., Reich F., Muscolino D., Giarratana F., Panebianco A., Klein G., Atanassova V. (2015): ESBL-producing bacteria and MRSA isolated from poultry and turkey products imported from Italy. Czech J. Food Sci., 33: 97–102. ESBL and MRSA-producing bacteria in food-producing animals may contribute to increased incidences of infection in humans. This study was carried out on 38 samples obtaine...