The occurrence of salmonellae during the rearing of broiler birds

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Abstract
The incidence of salmonellae was studied in 2 broiler houses at 2 commercial sites in an integrated commercial enterprise. Salmonellae were not isolated from the empty, cleaned and fumigated houses and only on 1 occasion from the feed. Salmonellae were isolated from the environment of the chicks and occasionally from the litter, water troughs and dust. The incidence of infection of the chicks did not influence the number of isolations of salmonellae from the environment of the birds during rearing. Water in the water troughs rather than feed appeared to be the major oral route of infection or re-infection of birds during rearing.