Article
Environmental survey of salmonella and comparison of genotypic character with human isolates in Western Japan.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Apr 2001
Murakami K, Horikawa K, Ito T, Otsuki K
Abstract excerpt
To estimate the prevalence and distribution of salmonellae, especially Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis), in Western Japan, an investigation was conducted of the chicken industry and environmental sources between 1995 and 1998. Salmonellae were isolated from 34 of 90 samples (37.8%) of raw chicken parts, 34 of 98 faecal samples (34.7%) at 35 broiler farms, 11 of 59 samples...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacteriophage Typing
- Chickens
- Disease Outbreaks
- Eggs
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Environmental Microbiology
- Food Microbiology
- Genotype
- Humans
- Japan
