1. Cellulitis in broiler chickens: epidemiological trends, meat hygiene, and possible human health implications.
- Author
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Kumor LW, Olkowski AA, Gomis SM, and Allan BJ
- Subjects
- Abattoirs statistics & numerical data, Animals, Canada epidemiology, Cellulitis epidemiology, Cellulitis microbiology, Escherichia coli isolation & purification, Escherichia coli Infections epidemiology, Escherichia coli Infections microbiology, Escherichia coli Infections veterinary, Health Status, Hygiene, Incidence, Poultry Diseases microbiology, Prevalence, Cellulitis veterinary, Chickens, Meat standards, Poultry Diseases epidemiology
- Abstract
The present work evaluates trends in the incidence of cellulitis during the last decade using Canadian National Poultry Condemnation Records. In 1986, only 0.048% of the total slaughter broilers were condemned as a result of cellulitis lesions. Over the next 10 yr, steady increments in cellulitis condemnations were observed, and between 1986 and 1996, the percentage of cellulitis condemnation increased 11.8-fold. In 1996, more than 2.6 million broilers (0.568% of total slaughter) were condemned due to cellulitis; this constituted 30.1% of total condemnations, making it the number one condemnation category in 1996. In the context of dynamic increase in cellulitis, the problems concerning meat hygiene and possible health risk to the consumer are deliberated.
- Published
- 1998