Chicks and Salmonella update Sorry it’s been a while. We had a contaminated pipette shedding Salmonella into our samples, so we were delayed while we switched out pipettes, cleaned everything, implemented more stringent controls, and re-ran all our positive samples (we almost always collect more sample than we need and have the extra frozen).So here …
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Research Updates 5/18/21: Adult chickens; babies
The last couple of weeks have been exciting for chicken & chick sampling results. Keep in mind that “exciting” for scientists is roughly the same as “interesting times,” in this case meaning we have found a lot of Salmonella recently. ADULT BIRDS: We have found Salmonella in an additional flock of chickens, bring our adult …
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Research Update: May 11, 2021
Salmonella in baby chicks: As of 05/11/21, we have tested 152 lots of baby poultry from agricultural supply stores, hatcheries, and individuals. We found Salmonella in one lot of turkey chicks last year and nine shipments of chicks this year (6.6% of shipments) What does this mean? More than half our samples have come from NPIP-certified hatcheries, which are …
Research: where we are as of 4/9/2021
Salmonella in Adult Chickens: As of 3/30/21, we have tested 30 flocks of chickens and found Salmonella enterica in 2 flocks (6.67%). The total number of birds tested was 393 birds (0.5% prevalence) What does this mean? This is a higher flock positivity rate than other studies of backyard chickens have seen. A study in …