Assessment of microbial quality in poultry drinking water on farms in Austria.

ABSTRACT: The quality of poultry drinking water has a significant effect on broiler health and performance. This study conducted an analysis of aerobic mesophilic counts (AMC), Enterobacteriaceae (EB), Pseudomonadaceae (PS), and screened for the presence of Campylobacter spp. in water samples collected from a total of 14 farms in Austria, with either a public or private water source. The efficacy of two water line treatment methods was evaluated: a chemical treatment of the water lines with 4.0 ppm ClO₂ (T1) and a combined chemical (4.0 ppm active ClO₂ and 3.0% peracetic acid) and mechanical treatment (purging of the water lines with a high-pressure air pump; T2). However, both the T1 and T2 treatments failed to reduce the AMC counts below the maximum accep

SUBMITTER: Mustedanagic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10702765 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature