On-farm monitoring of mouse-invasive Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis and a model for its association with the production of contaminated eggs

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Mice (Mus musculus) captured in henhouses were assessed for the presence of salmonellae in spleens. Of 621 and 526 spleens cultured during the first and second years of collection, 25.0 and 17.9%, respectively, were positive for Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. Contaminated eggs were cultured from nine houses during the first year of sampling, and for eight of these houses, serovar Enteritidis was...

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