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Search for Salmonella spp. in ostrich productive chain of Brazilian southeast region

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We analyzed ostriches from an equipped farm located in the Brazilian southeast region for the presence of Salmonella spp. This bacterium was investigated in 80 samples of ostrich droppings, 90 eggs, 30 samples of feed and 30 samples of droppings from rodents. Additionally, at slaughter-house this bacterium was investigated in droppings, caecal content, spleen, liver and carcasses from 90 slaughtered ostriches from the studied farm. Also, blood serum of those animals were harvested and submitted to serum plate agglutination using commercial Salmonella Pullorum antigen. No Salmonella spp. was detected in any eggs, caecal content, liver, spleen, carcass and droppings from ostriches and rodents. However, Salmonella Javiana and Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica 4, 12: i:- were isolated from some samples of feed. The serologic test was negative for all samples. Good sanitary farming management and the application of HACCP principles and GMP during the slaughtering process could explain the absence of Salmonella spp. in the tested samples.

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Abbreviations

BPW :

buffered peptone water

HACCP :

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point

GMP :

Good Manufacturing Practices

GAP :

Good Agricultural Practices

SN :

Selenite broth plus Novabiocin

TN :

Tetrationate broth plus Novobiocin

RV :

Rappaport - Vassiliadis

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The authors would like to thank Mr. Gerson Roque de Oliveira and Mrs. Lígia Pinto Guedes Carvalho of the Federal Inspection Service for any assistance and to Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) and to National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq) for financial support.

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  1. Departamento de Patologia Veterinária, Universidade Estadual Paulista - Campus de Jaboticabal, Via de acesso Paulo Donato Castellane, SN - CEP: 14884–900, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil

    Oliveiro Caetano de Freitas Neto & Angelo Berchieri Junior

  2. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Estadual Paulista - Campus de Jaboticabal, Via de acesso Paulo Donato Castellane, SN - CEP: 14884–900, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil

    Sonia Luisa Silva Lages

  3. Universidade de São Paulo - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, CEP: 05508–900, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Adriano Oliveira Torres Carrasco

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de Freitas Neto, O.C., Lages, S.L.S., Carrasco, A.O.T. et al. Search for Salmonella spp. in ostrich productive chain of Brazilian southeast region. Trop Anim Health Prod 41, 1607–1614 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-009-9354-3

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