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POULTRY SCIENCE
Volume 96, Issue 8, Pages 2862-2870Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex088
Keywords
poultry waterlines; biofilm; chlorine; E. coli O2
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Poultry waterlines are constructed using polyvinylchloride (PVC) material on which bacterial biofilm can easily form. Biofilm can harbor pathogens including avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) strains. An in vitro evaluation was performed to determine if E. coli sero group O2 (avian pathogenic) could attach on a PVC surface that had pre-formed biofilm and if this phenomenon could be affected when water was treated with chlorine. Initially, biofilm growth was induced in PVC test coupons (15.16 cm(2)) for a 7-day period mimicking the waterline scenario in the first wk of poultry brooding; and then this biofilm was challenged with E. coli O2 seeded water in presence/absence of chlorine treatment. After rinsing, test coupons were sampled for bacterial (APC) and E. coli O2 enumeration at various occasions post seeding the pathogen and chlorine treatment. Day 7 APC recovered from coupons was 4.35 log(10) cfu/cm(2) in trial 1 and 3.66 log(10) cfu/cm(2) in trial 2. E. coli O2 was not recovered from chlorine treated test coupons (P < 0.05), whereas it was retrieved from untreated coupons (untreated contained > 3 log(10) cfu/cm(2) in trial 1 and > 2 log(10) cfu/cm(2) in trial 2). This study suggests that E. coli O2 can incorporate into pre-formed biofilm on a PVC surface within 24 h if water sanitation is not present, and the attachment time of the pathogen can prolong in the absence of already formed biofilm.
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