Reducing Salmonella and its impact on the poultry industry

The gut is the most important organ when it comes to converting expensive feed into meat. Salmonella can contaminate and colonise the gut in poultry, it is therefore vital that Salmonella be reduced at all stages of production. Trials were carried out in broilers and layers to evaluate the impact of yeast fractions on Salmonella. Salmonella is a gram-negative rod-shaped pathogen responsible for approximately 1 million foodborne illnesses per year in the US and 91,000 in Europe. Salmonella conta