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Board launches retailer‑level sampling project to trace Salmonella linked to backyard poultry
Summary
The board described a new project sampling retail distributors and hatchery pads to identify Salmonella serotypes that may be linked to human infections from backyard poultry; results will be shared with public health partners and participating stores.
The board reported a joint sampling project involving the Board of Animal Health, the Minnesota Department of Health and University researchers to test retail feed stores and hatchery shipments for Salmonella strains associated with human illness tied to backyard poultry.
Project overview Researchers will collect the bedding pads from chick shipments at retail distributors and submit them for culture and whole‑genome sequencing. The University partner immerses the…
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