Producing safe eggs : microbial ecology of salmonella / edited by Steven C. Ricke, Richard K. Gast.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Of mice and hens : tackling salmonella in table egg production in the United Kingdom and Europe / Francesca Martelli, Andrew Wales, Rob Davies -- Microbiology of shell egg production in the United States / Richard K. Gast -- Egg production systems and salmonella in Korea / Soo-Kyoung Lee, Kun-ho Seo -- Egg production systems and salmonella in Canada / Doug Korver, Lynn McMullen -- Egg production systems and salmonella in Australia / Kapil K. Chousalkar, Andrea McWhorter -- Egg production systems and salmonella in South America / Dante Javier Bueno, María Cecilia Sorba, Mario Alberto Soria, Francisco Procura, Francisco Isabelino Rodriguez, Eduardo Ignacio Godano -- Overview of salmonellosis and food-borne salmonella : historical and current perspectives / Turki M. Dawoud, Zhaohao Shi, Young Min Kwon, Steven C. Ricke -- Salmonella in preharvest chickens : current understanding and approaches to control / Paul Wigley, Paul Barrow -- Developments in detection strategies for salmonella enteritidis in layer hen flocks / Doug Waltman -- Genetic basis of salmonella enteritidis pathogenesis in chickens / Devendra H. Shah, Jacob R. Elder, Kim L. Chiok, Narayan C. Paul -- The relationship between the immune response and susceptibility to salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis infection in the laying hen / Michael H. Kogut, James A. Byrd -- Salmonella Heidelberg in layer hens and egg production : incidence and potential issues / Pravin R. Kaldhone, Steven L. Foley, Steven C. Ricke -- Preharvest measures to improve the safety of eggs / Wolfgang De Cort, Richard Ducatelle, Filip Van Immerseel -- Current and future perspectives on development of salmonella vaccine technologies / Sandra Aehle, Roy Curtis III -- Use of direct-fed microbials in layer hen production : performance response and salmonella control / Todd R. Callaway, Tom S. Edrington, James A. Byrd, David J. Nisbet, Steven C. Ricke -- Gastrointestinal ecology of salmonella enteritidis in laying hens and intervention by prebiotic and nondigestible carbohydrate dietary supplementation / Steven C. Ricke -- Preharvest food safety : potential use of plant-derived compounds in layer chickens / Anup Kollanoor Johny, Kumar Venkitanarayanan -- Chemical and physical sanitation and pasteurization methods for intact shell eggs / Corliss A. O'Bryan, Steven C. Ricke, Philip G. Crandall -- Natural approaches for improving postharvest safety of egg and egg products / Indu Upadhyaya, Hsin-bai Yin, Meera Surendran Nair, Kumar Venkitanarayanan.

This book discusses management and risk factors across the entire egg production process, including practical applications to decrease disease and contaminated food products in poultry houses, processing plants and retail businesses. It presents in-depth information on microbial contamination, safety and control, physiology, immunology, neurophysiology, and animal welfare.