EVALUATION OF PRESENCE OF Salmonella sp IN THE CREATION OF DAIRY CATTLE

Abstract

The research of potentially zoonotic agents in livestock is an important surveillance action to ensure the safe food. Salmonella sp. cause great losses both in production and in animal outbreaks involving food. Dairy cattle can be infected with subclinical form. The environment is an important resource for its maintenance, a risk factor responsible for the infection of new animals and contamination of food products. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of Salmonella sp. in eight dairy properties in the state of São Paulo, by taking swabs of rectal and skin as well as the environmental of creation of animals and bulk tank. Under the conditions of this study was not detected the presence of Salmonella in the properties studied, suggesting further investigations in larger number of properties.