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Poult Sci ; 103(7): 103847, 2024 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38776858

ABSTRACT

Organic acids are applied to poultry carcasses during processing to reduce foodborne pathogens and spoilage microorganisms. Scald water surfactant agents employed to improve feather removal may enhance the efficacy of organic acids during processing. This study investigated the effects of concurrent application of a scald water surfactant and organic acid dip on microbial contamination of carcasses processed in a small-scale production model. Broilers were reared in litter floor pens to 47 d of age and slaughtered using standard practices. Carcasses were scalded in either control or surfactant scald water initially and dipped in either a 2% organic acid blend or water after feather removal to complete a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with n = 15 carcasses per treatment group. The commercially available scald water additive was a slightly alkaline surfactant solution labelled as a feather removal aid. The organic acid dip consisting of lactic and citric acid was maintained at pH of 2.5. Approximately 10 g of neck skin was collected 1-min postdipping and placed in buffered peptone water with an added neutralizing agent, sodium thiosulfate. Serial dilutions were performed to determine general coliform (GC), E. coli (EC), and aerobic plate (APC) counts as CFU per gram of skin sample. A significant 0.61, 0.76, and 1.6 log reduction of GC, EC, and APC, respectively, was attributed to use of the organic acid carcass dip (P ≤ 0.01). There were no significant differences in carcass microbial reduction due to surfactant scald water alone. A 0.69, 0.73 (P ≤ 0.05), and 1.96 log reduction of GC, EC, and APC, respectively, was observed in surfactant-scalded, acid-dipped carcasses compared to water-scalded, water-dipped control groups. These data demonstrated that a surfactant scald water additive and an organic acid carcass dip can have beneficial effects of microbial reduction when employed simultaneously during broiler processing.


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Chickens , Food Handling , Food Microbiology , Surface-Active Agents , Animals , Surface-Active Agents/pharmacology , Surface-Active Agents/administration & dosage , Food Handling/methods , Meat/analysis , Meat/microbiology , Citric Acid/pharmacology , Citric Acid/administration & dosage , Abattoirs , Lactic Acid/pharmacology
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Microbiol Resour Announc ; 12(9): e0026223, 2023 Sep 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37551975

ABSTRACT

Escherichia coli are frequently co-isolated with Enterococcus spp. from urine cultures of dogs with urinary tract infections (UTIs). Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) are augmented by Enterococcus in polymicrobial UTIs. We report the draft genome sequences of 12 UPEC co-isolated with Enterococcus spp. from canine urinary tract infections.

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Microbiol Resour Announc ; 12(3): e0116322, 2023 Mar 16.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36809087

ABSTRACT

Coinfections by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) and Enterococcus faecalis in poultry with colisepticemia have become increasingly recognized. Here, we report draft genome sequences of 18 APEC and 18 E. faecalis strains coisolated from lesions of diseased poultry.

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J Vet Intern Med ; 36(4): 1322-1329, 2022 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35621072

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp., which are frequently coisolated in polymicrobial UTI, cause morbidity among dogs and warrant antimicrobial therapy. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate clinical features of dogs with polymicrobial E. coli and Enterococcal UTI. ANIMALS: Forty-four client-owned dogs with polymicrobial bacteriuria and groups of 100 client-owned dogs with E. coli and Enterococcal monomicrobial bacteriuria. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of medical records of dogs at a university teaching hospital from 2014 to 2019. Prevalence of recurrent UTI and isolate antimicrobial resistance were determined. Clinical outcomes of dogs with recurrent UTI from groups including cost and hospital visits were compared. RESULTS: Recurrent UTI was more prevalent (P = .05) in dogs with polymicrobial bacteriuria (57%, 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 42%-70%) compared to the Enterococcal monomicrobial group (40%, 95% CI: 31%-50%). Escherichia coli from polymicrobial bacteriuria were more frequently resistant to doxycycline (P < .01, 43%, 95% CI: 29%-58%) and gentamicin (P = .03, 17%, 95% CI: 9%-31%) compared to E. coli from monomicrobial bacteriuria (17% and 5%, 95% CI: 11%-26% and 2%-11% for doxycycline and gentamicin, respectively). Dogs with recurrent UTI from the polymicrobial UTI group had significantly (P = .05) more hospital visits (mean = 6 visits, 95% CI: 1.7-9.8) compared to recurrent monomicrobial UTI dogs (mean = 4 and 3 visits, 95% CI: 1.0 to 4.4 and -0.7 to 7.7 for E. coli and Enterococcal monomicrobial UTI, respectively). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. polymicrobial UTI had more frequent adverse clinical outcomes for dogs.


Subject(s)
Bacteriuria , Dog Diseases , Escherichia coli Infections , Urinary Tract Infections , Animals , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Bacteriuria/drug therapy , Bacteriuria/epidemiology , Bacteriuria/veterinary , Dog Diseases/drug therapy , Dogs , Doxycycline , Enterococcus , Escherichia coli , Escherichia coli Infections/drug therapy , Escherichia coli Infections/veterinary , Gentamicins , Humans , Retrospective Studies , Urinary Tract Infections/drug therapy , Urinary Tract Infections/epidemiology , Urinary Tract Infections/veterinary
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Front Vet Sci ; 8: 725737, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34540936

ABSTRACT

Virulent strains of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) harbored by poultry can cause disease in poultry flocks and potentially result in human foodborne illness. Two broiler flocks grown a year apart on the same premises experienced mortality throughout the growing period due to septicemic disease caused by SE. Gross lesions predominantly consisted of polyserositis followed by yolk sacculitis, arthritis, osteomyelitis, and spondylitis. Tissues with lesions were cultured yielding 59 SE isolates. These were genotyped by Rep-PCR followed by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of 15 isolates which were clonal. The strain, SE_TAU19, was further characterized for antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence in a broiler embryo lethality assay. SE_TAU19 was resistant to nalidixic acid and sulfadimethoxine and was virulent to embryos with 100% mortality of all challenged broiler embryos within 3.5 days. Screening the SE_TAU19 whole-genome sequence revealed seven antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, 120 virulence genes, and two IncF plasmid replicons corresponding to a single, serovar-specific pSEV virulence plasmid. The pef, spv, and rck virulence genes localized to the plasmid sequence assembly. We report phenotypic and genomic features of a virulent SE strain from persistently infected broiler flocks and present a workflow for SE characterization from isolate collection to genome assembly and sequence analysis. Further SE surveillance and investigation of SE virulence in broiler chickens is warranted.

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Avian Pathol ; 49(6): 589-599, 2020 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32674609

ABSTRACT

Enterococcus spp. (ENT) are frequently co-isolated with avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) from poultry with colibacillosis, a leading cause of flock mortality. Although largely overlooked, ENT may play an active role in these infections. To assess the frequency of ENT co-isolation in colibacillosis, cultures were collected from birds with gross lesions of omphalitis, polyserositis, and septicaemia over a 3-year period from three turkey flocks and three broiler flocks. In birds diagnosed with colibacillosis based on gross findings and isolation of E. coli, ENT were co-isolated with APEC in 35.7% (n = 41/115) of colibacillosis mortality and 3.7% of total mortality (n = 41/1122). Co-isolated APEC and ENT pairs (n = 41) were further characterized using antimicrobial resistance phenotyping and in vitro co-culture assays. E. faecalis (EF) was the most commonly co-isolated species (68% n = 28/41) and tetracycline resistance was the resistance phenotype most commonly found among APEC (51% n = 21/41) and ENT (93% n = 38/41). Under iron-restricted conditions, EF enhanced APEC growth in a proximity-dependent manner and APEC grown in mixed culture with EF exhibited a significant growth and survival advantage (P ≤ 0.01). In an embryo lethality assay, APEC co-infection with EF resulted in decreased survival of broiler embryos compared to mono-infections (P ≤ 0.05). These data demonstrate that EF augmented APEC survival and growth under iron limiting conditions, possibly translating to the increased virulence of APEC in broiler embryos. Thus, ENT co-infections may be a previously unrecognized contributor to colibacillosis-related mortality. Further investigations into the mechanism of this interaction are warranted. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Enterococcus is frequently co-isolated with avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). Enterococcus faecalis (EF) enhances survival of APEC in iron restricted conditions. EF co-infection increases APEC virulence in broiler embryos.


Subject(s)
Chickens/microbiology , Coinfection/veterinary , Enterococcus faecalis/physiology , Escherichia coli Infections/veterinary , Escherichia coli/physiology , Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/veterinary , Poultry Diseases/microbiology , Animals , Chick Embryo , Escherichia coli Infections/microbiology , Escherichia coli Infections/pathology , Female , Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/microbiology , Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/pathology , Phenotype , Poultry Diseases/epidemiology , Poultry Diseases/pathology , Virulence
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