A cross-sectional study was performed to estimate the prevalence of Salmonella on retail market chicken carcasses in Colombia. A total of 1,003 broiler chicken carcasses from 23 departments (one city per department) were collected via a stratified sampling method. Carcass rinses were tested for the presence of Salmonella by conventional culture methods. Salmonella strains were isolated from 27...

The practice of electrically stunning poultry, which is standard in slaughterhouses across North America 1, results in both poor welfare and carcass degradation. In terms of welfare, the many variables and frequent process failures associated with electrical stunning methods make it difficult to ensure adequate stunning and result in pain and suffering for birds who experience prestun shocks, h...

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....

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 ...

Determining the genotypes of CAPN3 gene and studying its relationship to some economic characteristics broiler chickens, which included weekly weights, final live weight, carcass weight parts in addition correlation coefficient for important Ross characteristics. 308 100 chicks were bred 35 days taken. Primary birds weighed all numbered. Genotypes determined by analyzing nitrogenous base sequen...

It is well known that dietary protein affects the growth performance and carcass composition of poultry. Over the last several decades, numerous studies have been carried out to investigate to optimize the level of dietary protein since the protein is an important and expensive constituent in poultry feed. It is generally accepted that dietary protein should represent a balance of amino acids s...

OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors associated with the spread of low pathogenicity H7N2 avian influenza (AI) virus among commercial poultry farms in western Virginia during an outbreak in 2002. DESIGN Case-control study. PROCEDURE Questionnaires were used to collect information about farm characteristics, biosecurity measures, and husbandry practices on 151 infected premises (128 turkey and...

this experiment was conducted to determine the chemical composition and gross energy of poultry by product meal (pbpm) and the effects of different levels of inclusion of poultry by product meal on broiler chicken performance, serum uric acid and carcass characteristics. three samples of pbpm produced in ardabil province located in northwest of iran, were provided during one month sampling peri...

in this research the effect of two different methods of carcass chilling (immersion and evaporative) in the poultry industrial slaughter line on microbial load and carcass weight changes was studied. for sampling, after evisceration, each carcass weighted and rinsed with 250 ml of sterile water in a plastic bag. 25 ml of rinses water was taken and into sterile scaled container sent to laborator...

The aim of this study is to show various aspects related the slaughter cattle and poultry in Poland for religious purposes attempt estimate scale possible economic losses companies meat industry if a ban on was introduced. animals carried out an industrial mainly concerns two species animals, i.e. poultry. Its size can be determined only basis estimates, which case may 20-40% 35-55% export volu...