Article
Presence of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella gallinarum in commercial laying hens diagnosed with fowl typhoid disease in Colombia.
Avian diseases - 1 Mar 2014
Pulido-Landínez Martha, Sánchez-Ingunza Roxana, Guard Jean, do Nascimento Vladimir Pinheiro
Abstract excerpt
A severe outbreak of salmonellosis in commercial brown table egg layers first occurred in Colombia in 2006. From 2008 to 2012, 35 samples collected from commercial layers farms in the states of Cundinamarca, Santander, Bolivar, and San Andres, were positive for Salmonella enterica. Salmonella was isolated from liver and spleen (71.42%), pools of organs (liver, spleen, and ovarian follicles; 25.71%), and drag...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Colombia
- Female
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Poultry Diseases
- Salmonella Infections, Animal
- Salmonella enterica
- Salmonella enteritidis
