Reference | Siemon_2005 (10372) (Excluded)

"During the summer of 2004 eight pasture and nine conventional broiler poultry farms were sampled in Wisconsin for the prevalence of Salmonella. During the summer of 2005 ten pasture and five conventional broiler poultry farms were sampled in North Carolina (three farms from Virginia and one from South Carolina, for simplicity reference to North Carolina is used for all south east states) for the prevalence of Salmonella."

From each farm 30 (~5 gram) fecal specimens were collected from pasture poultry and conventional poultry farms in Wisconsin and North Carolina. When sampling a pasture poultry farm the thirty specimens collected were evenly distributed throughout the different pens. When sampling a conventional poultry house in North Carolina specimens were collected in a zig-zag pattern going from one end of the barn to another, sampling evenly throughout the house. In Wisconsin specimens from conventional poultry houses were collected throughout the middle third of the barn, the sampling method became more developed in North Carolina. The specimens were collected with plastic gloves and sealed in a sterile Whirl Pak© bag (Wisconsin) or collection cup (North Carolina). The specimens were put in coolers on ice and processed in the lab within eight hours of collection.

AST Method: None

Reference explicitly reports AST breakpoints: False

Reference reports using a MIC table: False