Incidence of Salmonella in imported day-old ducklings. Brazil, 1998-2003

The occurrence of Salmonella in a samples of 40 imported day-old duckling flocks was assessed from 1998 to 2003 according to the guidelines of the Brazilian National Poultry Health Program (Programa Nacional de Sanidade Avícola-PNSA). The pathogen was recovered from 26 flocks (65.0%). The most common serovars were S. Saintpaul and S. Kottbus. Up to four serovars were isolated from a single flock. Transportation box swabs (82.6%) and yolk sac pool (47.1%) showed the highest and the lowest frequency of Salmonella isolation, respectively. The high percentage of Salmonella isolation from imported day-old ducklings causes concern because of the zoonotic potential of this agent and its economical importance to commercial poultry breeding.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ribeiro,SAM, Galleti,MCM, Orsi,MA, Ferrati,AR, Mendonça,AO, Doretto Júnior,L, Camillo,SCA, Reischak,D
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Fundacao de Apoio a Ciência e Tecnologia Avicolas 2006
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2006000100006
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