{"title":"Sanitisation of <i>Enterococcus cecorum</i> attached to the shells of fertilised eggs by carbon dioxide microbubbles and sodium hypochlorite.","authors":"F Kobayashi, J-I Shiraishi, Y Ohta, S Odake","doi":"10.1080/00071668.2026.2724002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. <i>Enterococcus cecorum</i> (EC) infection in chicks must be prevented because of its severe pathogenicity in poultry farming. In this study, the combined sanitising effects of sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) and carbon dioxide microbubbles (CO<sub>2</sub>MB) on artificially applied EC on eggshells were clarified and the effectiveness for sanitising fertilised eggs was investigated.2. The number of surviving EC cells on eggshells decreased with increasing chlorine concentration and treatment time, with the NaClO solution containing CO<sub>2</sub>MB. The spray treatment of the NaClO solution containing CO<sub>2</sub>MB was more effective for sanitising EC.3. In addition, sanitisation of EC on fertilised eggs using a NaClO solution containing CO<sub>2</sub>MB was effective in preventing contamination in the setter, without negative effects on hatching or early growth of chicks.4. Using NaClO solution containing CO2MB was an effective method for sanitising EC on fertilised eggs.</p>","PeriodicalId":9322,"journal":{"name":"British Poultry Science","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British Poultry Science","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00071668.2026.2724002","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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1. Enterococcus cecorum (EC) infection in chicks must be prevented because of its severe pathogenicity in poultry farming. In this study, the combined sanitising effects of sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) and carbon dioxide microbubbles (CO2MB) on artificially applied EC on eggshells were clarified and the effectiveness for sanitising fertilised eggs was investigated.2. The number of surviving EC cells on eggshells decreased with increasing chlorine concentration and treatment time, with the NaClO solution containing CO2MB. The spray treatment of the NaClO solution containing CO2MB was more effective for sanitising EC.3. In addition, sanitisation of EC on fertilised eggs using a NaClO solution containing CO2MB was effective in preventing contamination in the setter, without negative effects on hatching or early growth of chicks.4. Using NaClO solution containing CO2MB was an effective method for sanitising EC on fertilised eggs.
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From its first volume in 1960, British Poultry Science has been a leading international journal for poultry scientists and advisers to the poultry industry throughout the world. Over 60% of the independently refereed papers published originate outside the UK. Most typically they report the results of biological studies with an experimental approach which either make an original contribution to fundamental science or are of obvious application to the industry. Subjects which are covered include: anatomy, embryology, biochemistry, biophysics, physiology, reproduction and genetics, behaviour, microbiology, endocrinology, nutrition, environmental science, food science, feeding stuffs and feeding, management and housing welfare, breeding, hatching, poultry meat and egg yields and quality.Papers that adopt a modelling approach or describe the scientific background to new equipment or apparatus directly relevant to the industry are also published. The journal also features rapid publication of Short Communications. Summaries of papers presented at the Spring Meeting of the UK Branch of the WPSA are published in British Poultry Abstracts .