Incidence of Salmonella from poultry products and their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2003

Authors

Antunes, P (Author) FCNAUP; Reu, C (Author) Other; Sousa, JC (Author) Other; Peixe, L (Author) FFUP; Pestana, N (Author) Other

Journal

Title: International Journal of Food Microbiology

Vol. 82 No. 2

Pages: 97-103

ISSN: 0168-1605

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Health sciences

FOS: Agrarian Sciences > Other Agrarian Sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-H14

DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1605(02)00251-9

Abstract (EN): The incidence of Salmonella in 60 samples of poultry products of national origin available for consumers obtained from two local butcher shops and one canteen of the city of Porto and the susceptibility to antimicrobial agents allowed for human or animal therapy were evaluated. The results show that poultry samples are frequently contaminated with Salmonella (60%), belonging to 10 different serotypes. Salmonella enteritidis and S. hadar were the most prevalent serotypes. In addition, a high number (75%) of the Salmonella isolates was resistant to one or more antimicrobial agents and eight different resistance profiles were recorded. Resistance to nalidixic acid and enrofloxacin was demonstrated for 50% of the isolates and the occurrence of resistant and multiresistant S. enteritidis isolates were less frequent than for S. hadar. This study suggests a high incidence of Salmonella on Portuguese poultry products and shows that they could be a potential vehicle of resistant Salmonella foodborne infections.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7