Isolation of Salmonella spp. in pigs during transport, lairage, slaughterline and quartering
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The SafePork conference series began in 1996 to bring together international researchers, industry, and government agencies to discuss current Salmonella research and identify research needs pertaining to both pig and pork production. In subsequent years topics of research presented at these conferences expanded to include other chemical and biological hazards to pig and pork production.
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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Salmonella in different points of the chain (transport, lairage, slaughterline and quartering). From eight consecutive assays a total of 134 Salmonella isolates out of 1180 different samples (11.3%) were recovered. The highest percentage of isolates were detected at the point of pre-scalding (30/80, 37.5%), caecal contents (18/80, 22.5%), trucks (13/60, 21.6%), tonsils (15/80, 18.7%), ileocaecal lymph nodes (13/80, 16.2%) and lairage (9/80, 11.2%).