Low-frequency electromagnetic fields as an alternative to sanitize water of drinking systems in poultry production?

ABSTRACT: Low-frequency electromagnetic fields (LF-EMF) may present an alternative to conventional sanitation methods of water supply lines in animal production. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the application of LF-EMF on bacterial concentrations and biofilms at scale-models of different drinking systems (circulating and non-circulating) conventionally used in poultry holdings. Treated systems were equipped with commercial devices producing pulsed electromagnetic signals of low frequency up to 10,000 Hz; max. 21 mT. Exposure of water to LF-EMF resulted in changes of the culturable bacterial counts, although with high standard deviations. Differing between systems types, LF-EMF treatment seemed to be responsible either for a limitation or for an increase of colony forming u

SUBMITTER: Mateus-Vargas RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657887 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature