Article
Molecular characterization of Salmonella paratyphi B dT+ and Salmonella Heidelberg from poultry and retail chicken meat in Colombia by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Journal of food protection - 1 Apr 2015
Donado-Godoy Pilar, Byrne Barbara A, Hume Michael, León Maribel, Pérez-Gutiérrez Enriqué, Vives Flores Martha J, Clavijo Viviana, Holguin Ángela, Romero-Zuñiga Juan J, Castellanos Ricardo, Tafur McAllister, Smith Woutrina A
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella Paratyphi B dT+ variant (also termed Salmonella Java) and Salmonella Heidelberg are pathogens of public health importance that are frequently isolated from poultry. As a step toward implementing the Colombian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistant Surveillance, this study characterized molecular patterns of Salmonella Paratyphi B dT+ and Salmonella Heidelberg isolated from poultry farms, fecal...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Colombia
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Feces
- Genotype
- Meat
- Poultry