Assessment of biosecurity measures in broiler's farms in the Suez Canal area - Egypt using a seasonal prevalence of Salmonellosis

Assessment of biosecurity measures in broiler's farms in the Suez Canal area - Egypt using a seasonal prevalence of Salmonellosis

Biosecurity practices are a must in broiler farms to reduce the risk of infectious agents. This study aimed to evaluate biosecurity measures in nine broiler farms in the Suez Canal area - Egypt with measuring the seasonal prevalence of salmonellosis. A cross-sectional study was conducted on randomly...

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Veröffentlicht in:Veterinary World 2020-04, Vol.13 (4), p.622-632
Hauptverfasser: Soliman, Essam S, Abdallah, Mona S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Biosecurity
Body weight
Body weight gain
broiler
Canals
Carcasses
Disease transmission
Diseases
egypt
Farms
Food conversion
Housing
housing systems
Liver
Measurement
Salmonella
Salmonellosis
seasons
Spleen
Summer
Winter
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Zusammenfassung:Biosecurity practices are a must in broiler farms to reduce the risk of infectious agents. This study aimed to evaluate biosecurity measures in nine broiler farms in the Suez Canal area - Egypt with measuring the seasonal prevalence of salmonellosis. A cross-sectional study was conducted on randomly selected nine broiler farms of different housing systems based on the ventilation methods from March 2018 to April 2019. A total of 12,600 samples (6480 environmental, 4320 non-environmental, 1080 sera, and 720 live birds) were collected during four successive seasons. Highly significant increases (p
ISSN:0972-8988
2231-0916
DOI:10.14202/vetworld.2020.622-632