The USPOULTRY Board Research Initiative is requesting pre - proposals on the reduction of Salmonella contamination of commercial eggs . Salmonella contamination of eggs can occur by direct vertical transmission inside the egg, as with Salmonell a enteritidis (SE), or by eggshell contamination, which may lead to penetration of the eggshell by other Salmonellas . Current methods used to control Salmonella enteritidis have significantly reduced the SE contamination of commercial egg s.
Additional methods are needed to further improve the microbiological quality of commercial eggs by reducing the contamination of eggs by Salmonellas other than SE. The areas of focus for the research will include the d evelopment of improved vaccines and vaccine schedules to reduce non - SE Salmonella contamination of eggs, d evelopment of practical programs to use competitive ex clusion, probiotics, prebiotics or other products delivered in the feed or water to reduce non - S E Salmonella contamination of eggs, and the d evelopment of improved integrated pest management programs to control the vectors of non - SE Salmonella on hen farms.
The USPOULTRY Board Research Initiative was created by the Boards of US POULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation to address current issues f acing the poultry industry. The USPOULTRY Board Research Initiative operate s alongside the current USPOULTRY research program and augment s the great success of the existing program by focusing additional resources toward defined areas of research
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