Salmonella Control

POULTRY SALMONELLA & FOOD SAFETY

Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica remains a major cause of infection and disease in human and animals worldwide. Salmonellosis is one of the main causes of gastrointestinal infections in human worldwide and raises different public health problems in both developing and developed countries.

FOOD ANIMALS

Food animals in particular poultry , are infected by Salmonella through horizontal and vertical transmission and frequently without causing clinical signs at the primary production level. Infection allowing the bacteria to easily colonize the intestinal tract and thereafter table eggs or poultry meat dedicated for human consumption. Therefore despite other sources, Intestinal tract of food animals remain the main source of zoonoses in human . Salmonella serotypes associated with human infections and with an enhanced ability to colonize several food animals, able to persist along the food chain like farm, slaughter operations, equipment and meat handlers, retail meat with efficient transmission and rapid spread are of public health emergences.

FARM TO FORK

With the increasing globalization of foodstuffs like poultry meat which mostly being produced by an integrated poultry production world wide through large companies and contract producers, New problems and challenges might arise regarding salmonellosis control and restricting the use of antibiotics in farm animals ,Making new integrated intervention strategies necessary along the food chain, Farm to Fork concept arises recently as a guidelines that enable a holistic framework to systematically control Salmonella infection throughout the food chain .

SALOMONELLA CONTROL

.The complete eradication of Salmonella from poultry production is the big challenge to producers nowadays . A holistic and intensive approach by applying a combination of strategies throughout the production chain including proper management practices , biosecurity, vaccination & specific feed additives and feed treatments . Despite of the success of Salmonella control measures implemented in food-animal production of developed countries, Recent studies and reports in divers geographic areas reveals a shift in Salmonella serotypes related to poultry and poultry production particularly associated with the spread of certain adapted strains of salmonella.