Journal
ACTA VETERINARIA SCANDINAVICA
Volume 64, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13028-022-00644-z
Keywords
Disease prevention; Feed additives; Feed materials; Food safety; Interventions; Poultry; Public health; Zoonoses
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Funding
- Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
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Campylobacter spp. is a major food-borne zoonosis in Europe, with broiler meat being the main source of infection. Organic and free-range broilers are more susceptible to infection and require additional solutions due to limitations in biosecurity and treatment options. This review examines intervention methods for reducing Campylobacter load and discusses their applicability in organic and free-range broiler production.
Campylobacter spp. are some of the most important food-borne zoonoses in Europe and broiler meat is considered the main source of Campylobacter infections. Organic and free-range broilers have access to outdoor reservoirs of Campylobacter and are more frequently infected at slaughter than the conventional broiler flocks. Limitations to biosecurity and treatment options in these production types calls for additional solutions. This review examines intervention methods with sufficient strength and quality, which are able to reduce the load of Campylobacter safely and efficiently and discuss their applicability in organic and free-range broiler production. Four different products passed the inclusion criteria and their quality examined: ferric tyrosine chelate, a prebiotic fermentation product of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, short-chain fatty acid butyrate coated on microbeads added to feed, and a mix of organic acids added to the drinking water. Though potential candidates for reducing Campylobacter in broilers were identified, there is a lack of large scale intervention studies that demonstrate an effect under field conditions of a free-range broiler production.
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