The gram-negative bacterial species Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli are members
of the family Enterobacteriaceae that spend a good part of their lives as residents of animal�…

Non-typhoidal Salmonella represents an important human and animal pathogen world-wide.
Most human salmonellosis cases are foodborne, but each year infections are also acquired�…

Salmonella spp. are among the most important foodborne pathogens and the third leading
cause of human death among diarrheal diseases worldwide. Animals are the primary source�…

Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) has been the major cause of the food-borne salmonellosis
pandemic in humans over the last 20 years, during which contaminated hen's eggs were the�…

Beginning in the 1970s, the incidence of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis (SE)
infection and the number of related outbreaks in the United States has increased�…

Enteric pathogens such as Salmonella enterica cause significant morbidity and mortality. S.
enterica serovars are a diverse group of pathogens that have evolved to survive in a wide�…

An increase in confirmed human salmonellosis cases in the EU after 2014 triggered
investigation of contributory factors and control options in poultry production�…

Campylobacter species are Gram-negative, motile, and non–spore-forming bacteria with a
unique helical shape that changes to filamentous or coccoid as an adaptive response to�…

The importance of wild birds as potential vectors of disease has received recent renewed
empirical interest, especially regarding human health. Understanding the spread of bacterial�…

A total of 764 retail meat including 515 chicken, 91 pork, 78 beef and 80 lamb samples were
collected in Shaanxi Province of China in 2007–2008 to determine the prevalence of�…