{"id":207,"date":"2023-02-02T13:16:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/?p=207"},"modified":"2023-02-02T13:16:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:16:42","slug":"what-we-found-in-2022-baby-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/what-we-found-in-2022-baby-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"What we found in 2022: baby chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"484\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2021\/04\/hatchling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2021\/04\/hatchling.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2021\/04\/hatchling-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2021\/04\/hatchling-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2022 was our third year of agricultural supply store sampling for <em>Salmonella.<\/em> We sampled at 9 stores across Vermont, collecting a total of 195 samples from March-July 2022.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what did we find? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2023\/02\/image-3-1024x603.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2023\/02\/image-3-1024x603.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2023\/02\/image-3-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2023\/02\/image-3-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2023\/02\/image-3.png 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall positivity rates were slightly higher this year (40.5% vs 34%). Hatcheries not participating in NPIP <em>Salmonella<\/em> monitoring programs had higher rates of <em>Salmonella<\/em> in 2022 than 2021, but we added a new hatchery for that category this year and had more samples overall in the non-NPIP category. Hatcheries participating in <em>Salmonella<\/em> monitoring programs had roughly the same rate of <em>Salmonella <\/em>as in 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breaking out the data by hatchery, you can see that there are differences in <em>Salmonella<\/em> rates between hatcheries, you can see that Hoovers hatchery has the highest rates of <em>Salmonella<\/em>, while Townline had the lowest. NOTES: We only have one year of data for Ridgeway, so that rate may change as we get more years of data and samples. Hoovers store A had the lowest biosecurity, which may explain the high rates of <em>Salmonella,<\/em> but Store B still had higher rates of <em>Salmonella<\/em> than any other store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2023\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2023\/02\/image-4.png 755w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/files\/2023\/02\/image-4-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Takeaways? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Salmonella<\/em> is super common in baby chicks sold to hobby poultry enthusiasts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hatchery participation in the NPIP <em>Salmonella<\/em> monitoring program does not improve <em>Salmonella<\/em> rates in chicks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You should assume baby chicks have <em>Salmonella<\/em> and take precautions\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Don&#8217;t let kids put chicks near their face. Chicks are messy and will have poop on their legs and possibly feathers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you let kids pet the chicks (which is ok), make sure they wash their hands thoroughly afterwards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t put chicks in the kitchen; dust can contain fecal particles.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The best place for chicks is a basement, warm garage, or unused bathroom&#8211;something that isn&#8217;t in the main part of the house and harder for any small children to access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t wash chick water containers or feed containers in the kitchen sink. A bathtub or utility sink is better<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<em>Dr. Etter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 was our third year of agricultural supply store sampling for Salmonella. We sampled at 9 stores across Vermont, collecting a total of 195 samples from March-July 2022. So, what did we find? Overall positivity rates were slightly higher this year (40.5% vs 34%). Hatcheries not participating in NPIP Salmonella monitoring programs had higher rates &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/what-we-found-in-2022-baby-chicks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What we found in 2022: baby chicks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6700,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"aetter","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/author\/aetter\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}