The Role of Poultry in Food Borne Salmonellosis and its Public Health Importance

Abstract

| Salmonella organisms are most frequently isolated bacterial agents of food borne outbreaks. Due to its economic importance and risks to human health, salmonellosis poses significant role in public health. Poultry serves as reservoir of Salmonella and poultry meat and eggs have been implicated in food associated outbreaks of salmonellosis. The presence of Salmonella in poultry makes the food chain unsafe from farm to the table. In this review, we explore various public health aspects of food borne salmonellosis originated from poultry. In India, poultry industry is one of the fastest growing segments and the factors linked to salmonellosis in poultry industry are reviewed. The sources and modes of transmission of this organism and the disease symptoms are briefly explained. Various reports of salmonellosis in poultry, with special emphasis on Indian conditions are also discussed. The emergence of multidrug resistant Salmonella is considered as a major global threat to public health, therefore, the antibiotic resistance in Salmonella serovars associated with poultry is also presented.

Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella isolated from bovine and ovine samples in slaughterhouses of Algiers, Algeria

“…In our study, all isolates serotyped S. Typhimurium were found positive for spy gene. The sensibility of the primer used in this study has also been also well demonstrated using simplex or multiplex PCR assays (Ahmed and Shimamoto, 2014;Can et al, 2014;Manoj et al, 2015).…”

“…It includes more than 2500 serovars that inhabit the gastrointestinal tracts of various domestic and wild animal species (Bahnass et al, 2015). It is estimated that salmonellosis represents 93.8 (16%) million cases of human gastroenteritis among an estimated 582 million cases of 22 different food borne enteric diseases, and it is responsible for 155 000 deaths worldwide each year (Elgroud et al, 2015;Manoj et al, 2015). Salmonella enterica subsp.…”

Role of egg in food born salmonellosis: A public health issue.

“…Recently, egg and egg products are the important source of salmonellosis 1 . Unhygienic practice of farm handlers even home-made egg foods can cause salmonellosis due to ingestion of undercooked egg 10 .…”

“…Salmonella organisms are most frequently isolated bacterial agents of food borne disease outbreaks especially from poultry and are of significant public health concern 1 . Due to its significant morbidity and mortality rates salmonellosis causes risks to human health and economic loss 2 .…”

Serotype diversity and slaughterhouse-level risk factors related to Salmonella contamination on poultry carcasses in Algiers

“…Enteritidis and Typhimurium represent the most frequently Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotypes involved in both animal and human salmonellosis [1,3,[9][10][11]. Their vertical transmission is of lower importance in several European countries since the implementation of rigorous eradication programs at breeding level of the production chain.…”