Table of Contents:
  • Salmonella : the organism
  • The social cost of Salmonella infections
  • Risk assessment of Salmonella from poultry sources
  • Sources of Salmonella in the breeder flocks, hatchery, and grow-out operations
  • Salmonella intervention in breeders
  • The role of the hatchery in Salmonella transfer
  • Hatchery intervention
  • Salmonella transfer during grow out
  • Salmonella intervention during grow out
  • Effect of the health of chickens on Salmonella prevalence
  • Sources of Salmonella in the plant
  • The role of the scalder in spreading Salmonella
  • Controlling Salmonella in poultry scalders
  • Improving processing yield and lowering Salmonella during scalding without added expense
  • The effect of picking (defeathering) on Salmonella levels on carcasses
  • Methods for controlling Salmonella levels on carcasses during picking
  • Reducing pathogens during evisceration
  • Reducing Salmonella on the processing line using carcass sprays
  • Effect of online reprocessing on Salmonella on carcasses
  • Effect of immersion chilling on Salmonella
  • Reducing salmonella during immersion chilling
  • Proper use of chlorine in poultry-processing plants
  • Effect of air chilling on Salmonella
  • Postchill processes : dips and sprays
  • Other novel approaches to elimination of Salmonella on carcasses
  • Biomapping Salmonella on broiler carcasses in poultry-processing plants : case studies
  • Verification of the efficacy of intervention strategies
  • Salmonella intervention strategies and testing methods differ greatly between the United States and Europe : what are the implications?
  • Impact of the new USDA-FSIS Salmonella/Campylobacter performance standards for young chickens
  • Future outlook.