Article
 

The characterization of Salmonella enterica serotypes isolated from the scalder tank water of a commercial poultry processing plant: Recovery of a multidrug-resistant Heidelberg strain

Public Deposited

Downloadable Content

Download PDF
https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/db78td90q

Descriptions

Attribute NameValues
Creator
Abstract
  • The recent multistate outbreak of a multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella Heidelberg strain from commercial poultry production highlights the need to better understand the reservoirs of these zoonotic pathogens within the commercial poultry production and processing environment. As part of a larger study looking at temporal changes in microbial communities within the major water tanks within a commercial processing facility, this paper identifies and characterizes Salmonella enterica isolated from the water in a final scalder tank at 3 times during a typical processing day: prior to the birds entering the tank (start), halfway through the processing day (mid), and after the final birds were scalded (end). Over 3 consecutive processing days, no Salmonella were recovered from start-of-day water samples, while a total of 56 Salmonella isolates were recovered from the mid-day and end-of-day scalder water samples. Traditional and newer PCR-based serotyping methods eventually identified these isolates as either group C3 S. Kentucky (n = 45) and group B S. Heidelberg (n = 11). While none of the S. Kentucky isolates possessed any resistances to the antimicrobials tested, all S. Heidelberg isolates were found to be multidrug resistant to 5 specific antimicrobials representing 3 antimicrobial classes. Due to the potential public health impact of S. Heidelberg and the recent nationwide poultry-associated outbreak of multidrug-resistant S. Heidelberg, future studies should focus on understanding the transmission and environmental growth dynamics of this serotype within the commercial poultry processing plant environment.
  • Keywords: S. Heidelberg, Scalder water, Multidrug resistance
Resource Type
DOI
Date Available
Date Issued
Citation
  • Rothrock, M. J., Ingram, K. D., Gamble, J., Guard, J., Cicconi-Hogan, K. M., Hinton, A., & Hiett, K. L. (2015). The characterization of Salmonella enterica serotypes isolated from the scalder tank water of a commercial poultry processing plant: Recovery of a multidrug-resistant Heidelberg strain. Poultry Science, 94(3), 467-472. doi:10.3382/ps/peu060
Journal Title
Journal Volume
  • 94
Journal Issue/Number
  • 3
Rights Statement
Funding Statement (additional comments about funding)
  • These investigations were supported equally by the Agricultural Research Service, USDA CRIS Projects “Pathogen Reduction and Processing Parameters in Poultry Processing Systems” (6612-41420-017-00) and “Molecular Approaches for the Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry” (6612-32000-059-00).
Publisher
Peer Reviewed
Language
Replaces

Relationships

Parents:

This work has no parents.

Items

Thumbnail Title Date Uploaded Visibility Actions
file details GambleJohnBiochemBiophysCharacterizationSalmonellaEnterica.pdf 2017-07-27 Public Download