This study aims to determine the serogroup profiles of randomly collected 46 chicken meat and 15 turkey meat samples, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Bacteriological Analytical Manual Chapter 5: Salmonella and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Method 6579 culture methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we evaluated the Salmonella detection capability and compatibility of a LightCycler polymerase chain reaction (LC PCR) system with two bacteriological methods, United States Food and Drug Administration's Bacteriological Analytical Manual Chapter 5: Salmonella (FDA) and International Organization for Standardization Method 6579 (ISO). The aim was to determine which bacteriological method would support LC PCR for testing naturally contaminated poultry and red meat samples with Salmonella. Twenty three (50.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to compare a real-time PCR (rPCR) test with improved detection limit to serology and culture for the detection of Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) infection in chicken breeder flocks. Six hundred and forty-six blood and tracheal swab samples belonging to 31 grandparent chicken breeder flocks were tested by rPCR. The detection limit of rPCR was 0.
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