Salmonella infections in the domestic fowl
2013
Shivaprasad, H.L. | Methner, Ulrich | Barrow, P.A.
Salmonellosis is a group of acute or chronic diseases of fowl caused by one or more members of the genus Salmonella . It is of great economic signifi cance to all phases of the poultry industry throughout the world. Domestic fowl constitute one of the largest reservoirs of Salmonella and is important as a risk to public health through consumption of contaminated eggs and meat. Four diseases caused by Salmonella are important in poultry; pullorum disease caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Pullorum, fowl typhoid caused by S . Gallinarum, paratyphoid caused by several serovars and subspecies of Salmonella most notably S . Enteritidis, S . Typhimurium, S . Heidelberg to name a few and arizonosis caused by S. enterica subsp. arizonae .
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