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Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica isolated from chicken carcasses and environment at slaughter in Reunion Island: prevalence, genetic characterization and antibiotic susceptibility

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Salmonella contamination of 71 chicken broiler flocks was investigated at the slaughterhouse in Reunion Island between October 2007 and January 2009. Samples were collected from live broiler chickens and chicken carcasses as well as the slaughterhouse environment. Salmonella spp. was isolated from 40 of 71 (56 % with a confidence interval 5 % [45–67]) broiler chicken flocks at slaughter. The most prominent serovars were Blockley (31 %), Typhimurium and Brancaster (14 %), Hadar (10 %), Salmonella multidrug resistant clinical organisms serotypes 1,4,[5],12:i:-, and Virchow (8 %) and Livingstone, St. Paul, Seftenberg, Llandoff, Infantis and Indiana. At the farm, 27 % of the broiler chicken flocks tested positive for Salmonella spp. Salmonella spp. was isolated from 124 of 497 environmental samples (25 %). In most cases, there was no relationship between pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern and antibiotic resistance pattern. The predominant Salmonella serovars were susceptible to most of the tested antibiotic drugs, but S. Hadar exhibited multidrug resistance. This study highlighted the primary source of Salmonella was the farm of origin and downstream stages in processing could not remedy to but amplify this Salmonella contamination.

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We acknowledge the staff of Avi-pole Reunion for collaboration: Jef Reichardt, Jacky Berby, Jimmy Hoarau, François Penverne and Yvon Euzen; thanks to farmers for their participation. We acknowledge the staff of the slaughterhouse for the organization of the sample collection: François Gauvrit, Benjamin Boulanger and Guillaume Burel, Eric Pascal and his staff, Stephanie Yeung and Pierre Reype. We are grateful to the staff of the AFSSA HQPAP (Ploufragan) and AFSSA CEB laboratory to let us use their technical material.

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  1. Crête d’Or Entreprise, 2 rue Maxime Rivière, 97490, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion, France

    Isabelle Henry

  2. ANSES CEB, 23 ave Général de Gaulle, 94706, Maisons Alfort Cedex, France

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  3. ANSES Unité HQPAP, Site des croix des fusillés, 22440, Ploufragan, France

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    Françoise Lalande, Marianne Chemaly & Gilles Salvat

  5. CIRAD UMR Control of Animal Exotic and Emerging Diseases, CRVOI 2 rue Maxime Rivière Bios, 2 rue Maxime Rivière, 97490, Ste Clotilde, Réunion, France

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Henry, I., Granier, S., Courtillon, C. et al. Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica isolated from chicken carcasses and environment at slaughter in Reunion Island: prevalence, genetic characterization and antibiotic susceptibility. Trop Anim Health Prod 45, 317–326 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0221-2

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