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| Teixeira,RSC; Cardoso,WM; Lopes,ES; Rocha-e-Silva,RC; Albuquerque,AH; Horn,RV; Salles,RPR. |
| The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Salmonella in common quails submitted to forced molting. A total of 240 quails were divided at 40 weeks of age into four groups: CG (control, quails not submitted to molting); FM (fasting method); WM (fed wheat midds ad libitum); and ZM (zinc oxide method). From each group, 10 cloacal swabs, 10 fecal samples, and 20 egg samples were collected before molting (two weeks) and after molting (two weeks). The microbiological procedures for Salmonella spp. identification were performed in four steps. The agglutination test, using somatic and flagellar antigens, was used to confirm Salmonella-suspected colonies. According to the methodology applied, none of the samples was positive for Salmonella spp. The... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Eggs; Forced molting; Zinc oxide; Fasting; Wheat midds diet. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2013000100008 |
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