{"id":83,"date":"2021-05-11T12:12:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T16:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/?p=83"},"modified":"2021-12-13T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:11:06","slug":"83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/83\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Update: May 11, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-2a687ffd-ae46-46e7-b581-c3c8a38fe24c\"><em>Salmonella&nbsp;<\/em>in baby chicks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><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 id=\"block-07eb5073-96b3-4a4b-911b-6ff94afb91ae\">As of 05\/11\/21, we have tested 152 lots of baby poultry from agricultural supply stores, hatcheries, and individuals. We found&nbsp;<em>Salmonella&nbsp;<\/em>in one lot of turkey chicks last year and nine shipments of chicks this year (6.6% of shipments)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-ffeb8cb0-22b3-4e12-be7c-1da9deb8eeaa\">What does this mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-61c4d0a8-580a-43e3-ac7d-ebc86c3f3363\"><li>More than half our samples have come from<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/resources-for-backyard-chicken-owners\/\">&nbsp;NPIP<\/a>-certified hatcheries, which are expected to be&nbsp;<em>Salmonella-<\/em>free<\/li><li>Of the 56 samples not from NPIP-certified hatcheries, 8 were positive (14%).<\/li><li>Two samples out of 79 (2.5%) from from NPIP-certified hatcheries were positive<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Takeaway:&nbsp;<\/strong>Buying from an NPIP-certified hatchery or a store that buys from an NPIP-certified hatchery is the best way to reduce your risk of catching&nbsp;<em>Salmonella<\/em>&nbsp;from baby poultry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"block-68f61b7a-bb23-4854-b8fc-029341ae61e0\" class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.poultryimprovement.org\/NPIPDatabase\/images\/NPIP-crest2.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is NPIP-crest2.jpg\" width=\"295\" height=\"127\" \/><figcaption>This is the NPIP logo. An NPIP-certified hatchery will display this, typically at the bottom of their main page. They may also have a NPIP participation number<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><em>Salmonella<\/em> and <em>Campylobacter <\/em>in adult chickens: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No new results<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salmonella&nbsp;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&nbsp;Salmonella&nbsp;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&nbsp;NPIP-certified hatcheries, which are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/83\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Research Update: May 11, 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6700,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-83","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\/83","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=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aetter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}