Studies confirm the good effect of measures in the poultry industry of Norway

In 2020, NORM-VET examined samples from chicken and turkey flocks, as well as from chicken meat. The samples were examined for both zoonotic bacteria and for common intestinal bacteria. The bacteria were further examined for resistance to several different antimicrobial agents, writes the Veterinary Institute. - Very little multi-resistance Overall, the studies showed a low incidence of resistance and very little multi-resistance, ie resistance to three or more antibacterial classes of the bacteria tested. There was also a low incidence of E. coli bacteria resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins. - The low findings of these resistant bacteria in poultry correspond to the findings from the last poultry were examined, in 2018. It confirms that the measures implemented by the poultry industry to reduce and control the occurrence of these bacteria have been successful, says senior researcher Anne Margrete Urdahl at the Veterinary Institute . The measures were implemented after a ...