A survey of food-borne and antimicrobial resistance-harbouring bacteria in meat by-products from knackeries and associated equipment and kennels

  11 May 2022

In Ireland, meat by-products (MBP) harvested at knackeries from farmed animals that have not died of an infectious or systemic disease are legally permitted to be fed to dogs in kennels and packs of hounds. There is limited information available on the risks of spreading foodborne bacteria or antimicrobial resistant (AMR) determinants to dogs, their handlers or the associated environment. The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of Salmonella serovars, Listeria monocytogenesCampylobacter species, enterococci, their associated AMR determinants and the level of Escherichia coli in samples of MBP from knackeries and associated equipment and kennels. For this purpose, 313 fresh and 208 frozen MBP samples from 22 knackeries, 16 swabs of mincing equipment from two of the knackeries and 138 swabs from kennels adjacent to seven of the knackeries were collected and processed over a 12-month period.

 

Further reading: Irish Veterinary Journal
Author(s): Shannon McDonnell, Montserrat Gutierrez, Finola C. Leonard, Tony O’Brien, Pat Kearney, Catherine Swan, Gillian Madigan, Elaine Bracken, Joanne McLernon, Margaret Griffin, Ciaran M. O’Sullivan, John Egan & Deirdre M. Prendergast
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