Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Foodborne Salmonella spp. in Animal Feeds From: Critical Reviews in Microbiology | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Maciorowski, K G; Pillai, S D; Jones, F T; Ricke, S C | Copyright CRC Press 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Foodborne salmonellosis continues to be a public health issue of considerable concern. Animal feed has been a major link in preharvest food animal production. Although monitoring systems and control measures are available to limit Salmonella spp. contamination on animal feeds detection methodology is relatively time consuming in the context of time inputs for feed processing and mixing. Current cultural methods of Salmonella spp. detection in feeds require several days for confirmation. This ...