Evaluation of Salmonella disinfection strategies for pre-slaughter broiler crop decontamination /

ability in this assay system. When the two compounds were

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barnhart, Eric Thomas, 1973-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
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Summary:ability in this assay system. When the two compounds were
adult broilers during the final 45 min of an 8 h feed
ante mortem crop disinfection for improving food safety is
broiler crop prior to pre-slaughter feed withdrawal. Several
candidate disinfectants were evaluated for potential to
capsules readily. Voluntary ingestion of these capsules by
d-Limonene was discovered and further evaluated for ability
detected in only 1 experiment. Additionally, the incidence
disinfect Salmonella in the presence of organic material,
disinfectants were screened for Salmonella reduction
efficacy. The combination of citric acid and d-Limonene at
encapsulated, market age broilers voluntarily consumed the
feed withdrawal. Employing a rapid assay system containing
from market age broiler crops following feed withdrawal was
high amounts of organic material, selected candidate
impacted. Consistent with previously published reports,
incidence of Salmonella recovery from broiler crops during
incidence of Salmonella recovery from crops, suggesting that
lactose administration in drinking water was evaluated with
of Salmonella recovery from the ceca was not significantly
potential decontamination methods for ability to reduce the
pre-slaughter feed withdrawal. The efficacy of prolonged
reduction (P < 0.05) in the incidence of Salmonella recovered
regard to ability to inhibit ,Salmonella persistence in the
relatively low concentrations displayed marked killing
Salmonella recovery was reduced in broilers not subjected to
simulating the environment of the broiler crop. In this
study, an apparent synergistic combination of citric acid and
The purpose of the following studies was to evaluate selected
to remove Salmonella from broiler crops prior to feed
water for 5-11 d, in 7 separate experiments. A significant
withdrawal resulted in a significantly (P < 0.05) lower
withdrawal. Lactose (2.5%) was administered in drinking
Item Description:"Major subject: Poultry Science".
Vita.
Physical Description:ix, 45 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: 38-44.