EFFECTS OF Salmonella Enteritidis IN INCUBATION OF EMBRYONATED TURKEY EGGS

Authors

  • Carla Yoko T. Andrade UFG
  • Maria Auxiliadora Andrade UFG
  • Marcos Barcellos Café UFG
  • José Henrique Stringhini UFG
  • Juliana Bonifácio Alcântara UFG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v12i2.4994

Keywords:

Animal sanity

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the incubation performance, the Salmonella Enteritidis capacity of penetration through the eggshell and the ability of colonization of the gastrointestinal tract. Four hundred turkey eggs were incubated and distributed into four treatments with 100 experimental units each: CC and CCA (inoculation with placebo in eggshell and air chamber, respectively), IC and ICA (inoculation with 4.2 X 104 CFU/mL of Salmonella Enteritidis in eggshell and air chamber, respectively). The parameters of incubation were fertility, total hatchability and hatchability of fertile eggs, and relative chick weight to egg weight. Salmonella was investigated in shell, membrane, albumen/yolk and embryo of two eggs per treatment at one, seven, 14, 21 and 28 days. After birth, the frequency of recovery of the pathogen in meconium of all birds was determined. The variables were analyzed by ?-square test (?²) and Fischer test. During the whole incubation period, the agent has remained viable in 87.5% and 100% of eggshell samples in treatments IC and ICA, respectively. There was migration into eggs in 33.33% and 95.45% of the samples in treatments IC and ICA, respectively. The parameters of incubation were not affected when the pathogen was inoculated in the eggshell. It was also observed that inoculation of Salmonella Enteritidis in air chamber determined low hatchability with higher early embryonic mortality (P <0.05) than control treatment (CCA). Furthermore, air chamber control treatment determined low hatchability (P <0.05) with increase in late embryonic mortality (P<0.05) comparing to inoculation in eggshell. The intestinal colonization by the pathogen occurred in chicks from experimental inoculation in eggshell. It can be concluded that the assessment of fertility, hatchability and ratio of chick weight by egg weight does not show presence of Salmonella Enteritidis in the hatchery. However, hatchery contamination may be determined by detection of Salmonella Enteritidis in egg components and meconium. The method of inoculation via air chamber affected hatchability and embryo mortality.

KEYWORDS: bacterial isolation; experimental inoculation; Meleagridis gallopavo; salmonellosis.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Carla Yoko T. Andrade, UFG

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária da Escola da Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Goiás

Maria Auxiliadora Andrade, UFG

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária da Escola da Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Goiás

Marcos Barcellos Café, UFG

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária da Escola da Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Goiás

José Henrique Stringhini, UFG

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária da Escola da Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Goiás

Juliana Bonifácio Alcântara, UFG

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária da Escola da Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Goiás

Downloads

Published

2011-06-25

How to Cite

ANDRADE, C. Y. T.; ANDRADE, M. A.; CAFÉ, M. B.; STRINGHINI, J. H.; ALCÂNTARA, J. B. EFFECTS OF Salmonella Enteritidis IN INCUBATION OF EMBRYONATED TURKEY EGGS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 2, p. 330–338, 2011. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v12i2.4994. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/4994. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).