This field study aimed to establish a risk-orientated hygiene analysis on two broiler farms in Northwestern Germany for the practical use in broiler housing to evaluate the success of disinfection procedures for eradicating S. Java. The risk-orientated hygiene analysis enables fast, reproducible and cost-effective testing of broiler farms and in turn helps minimize the public health risk ensuing from S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe infection dynamics of Java were examined in three consecutive rearing periods on a broiler farm in Northwestern Germany which had been persistently infected with Java for more than five years. The barn was investigated for occurrence after cleaning and disinfection to verify the persistent contamination of the broiler house with . Java before the start of the first rearing cycle.
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