ABSTRACT
In the present study Salmonella spp. was surveyed in four flocks of meat-type quails reared in a farm that also had processing plant on site, located in the region of Bastos, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Meconium samples of one-day-old quail chicks were collected from transport cardboard boxes. Cecal content was collected on days 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35 of rearing. At 36 days of age, birds were slaughtered in the farm's processing plant, where two samples of water from the scalding and the chilling tanks and four carcasses per flock were collected. All samples were examined for Salmonella spp. using traditional bacteriological methods. Salmonella spp. was present in meconium samples of three flocks and in cecal feces of the four flocks. This bacterium was also isolated in the chiller water and in the carcasses of three of the evaluated flocks and in the scalding water of one flock. In this study, S. enterica subspecies enterica 4, 5, 12; S. Corvalis; S. Give; S. Lexington; S. Minnesota; S. Schwarzengrund; S. Rissen and S. Typhimurium were the eight serovars identified.(AU)
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Animals , Coturnix/microbiology , Salmonella/classification , Salmonella Infections/classification , Salmonella Infections/diagnosisABSTRACT
In the present study Salmonella spp. was surveyed in four flocks of meat-type quails reared in a farm that also had processing plant on site, located in the region of Bastos, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Meconium samples of one-day-old quail chicks were collected from transport cardboard boxes. Cecal content was collected on days 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35 of rearing. At 36 days of age, birds were slaughtered in the farm's processing plant, where two samples of water from the scalding and the chilling tanks and four carcasses per flock were collected. All samples were examined for Salmonella spp. using traditional bacteriological methods. Salmonella spp. was present in meconium samples of three flocks and in cecal feces of the four flocks. This bacterium was also isolated in the chiller water and in the carcasses of three of the evaluated flocks and in the scalding water of one flock. In this study, S. enterica subspecies enterica 4, 5, 12; S. Corvalis; S. Give; S. Lexington; S. Minnesota; S. Schwarzengrund; S. Rissen and S. Typhimurium were the eight serovars identified.
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Animals , Coturnix/microbiology , Salmonella Infections/classification , Salmonella Infections/diagnosis , Salmonella/classificationABSTRACT
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate filtered water for the intake of laying hens. One hundred commercial laying hens with 30 weeks of age were housed in cages with nipple drinkers for 63 days divided in 3 cycles of 21 days each. This study was analyzed as a completely randomized design with 2 treatments: unfiltered water supply and filtered water supply and 10 replicates of 5 hens per pen. Data were taken on the performance percentage of egg production, feed intake and feed gain ratio (kg/kg and kg/dozen), bacteriological analyses of fecal and total coliform in the water, egg quality specific gravity, egg weight, egg mass and eggshell percentage. These data were submitted to analyses of variance and F Test at 5% of significance. The hens fed filtered water showed higher egg percentage, greater number of eggs per hen, higher egg mass and better feed-gain ratio The egg quality was not influenced by the treatments. The analyses showed that the water supplied by the purification system improved the bacteriological quality of the water used to feed the hens.
RESUMO Com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito do fornecimento de água filtrada na dessedentação de aves, foram utilizadas cem poedeiras comerciais brancas com 30 semanas de idade alojadas em gaiolas equipadas com bebedouros tipo nipple, divididos em três ciclos de 21 dias cada. O delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado foi constituído por dois tratamentos com fornecimento de água não filtrada e água filtrada e dez repetições de cinco aves por parcela. Foram coletados dados para avaliação do desempenho tais como: porcentagem de postura, consumo de ração e conversão alimentar e para análise bacteriológica: coliformes fecal e total. Para avaliar a qualidade de ovos foram feitas as seguintes análises: gravidade específica, peso médio dos ovos, massa de ovos e porcentagem de casca. Os dados obtidos foram submetidos à analise de variância e teste F a 5% de significância. As aves que receberam água filtrada apresentaram maior percentagem de postura, maior número de ovos por ave alojada, maior massa de ovo e melhor conversão alimentar. A qualidade dos ovos não foi influenciada pelos tratamentos, no entanto, as análises realizadas constataram que a purificação da água pelo sistema de filtração melhorou a qualidade bacteriológica da água utilizada na dessedentação das aves.