Salmonella in broiler breeder flocks in Israel during 2008-2018: Prevalence, risk factors and repeated detections
Anat Wiseman, Hadas Poria Daly, Ehud Elnekave · 2026
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Description
Anat Wiseman and co-authors mine a decade of Israeli poultry surveillance for Salmonella patterns, in a 2026 study. Breeder flocks sit at the top of the chicken supply chain, so germs there multiply into the food system and threaten public health. The data cover more than four thousand flocks on over one hundred forty farms, with tens of thousands of test results from 2008 to 2018.
In a typical year about a third of flocks and three in five farms tested positive at least once, though only a small share of individual tests did. The team modeled which factors raise the odds of a detection, and how often positive flocks and farms repeat. They also matched the commonest flock strains against those infecting people. A census this complete turns Salmonella control from anecdote into arithmetic for regulators and producers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Anat Wiseman, Hadas Poria Daly, Ehud Elnekave |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |