Contamination Routes of S. Infantis in Food Chain of Broiler Meat Production and it's Significance for Public Health

From each of three slaughterhouses, 50 samples of broiler neck skin were taken at slaughter line. A farm, from which the largest number of positive samples originated, was identified. In slaughterhouse 2, Salmonella was determined in 17 samples of which 11 samples originated from the same farm. At the beginning of broiler breeding, Salmonella presence wasn‘t detected. However, after the second week Salmonella was found. All positive samples were identified as Salmonella Infantis. Comparing genetic similarity with the same strain originating from infected humans showed that ≥ 92% of mutual genetics similarity was confirmed.