Thorough cooking can kill Salmonella in meat and eggs, however, minimising the incidence of pathogenic bacteria and delivering a safe food product should be a priority for producers.

On-farm live bird intervention can be an effective means to reduce Salmonella in poultry arriving at the processing plant.

Effective Salmonella intervention is a multi-step approach, starting with the breeder flock and following through the grow-out system, in order to minimise contamination coming into the plant. Measures include:

• Initiating multi-tiered Salmonella monitoring programmes, covering breeder flocks, hatcheries, feed mills, broiler or layer flock status, birds at processing plant
• Reducing Salmonella incidence in the breeder flock by vaccination
• Implementing feed interventions, including feed mill monitoring
• Optimising nutrition and immune status of birds, including feeding to balance the immune system, controlling Salmonella prevalence and load, and reducing effects of coccidiosis (e.g. Diamond V Original XPC^TM)
• Raising birds with Salmonella reduction in mind, including all-in/all-out grow-out
• Implementing Salmonella control measures between flocks and via ongoing pest control system
• Executing effective biosecurity measures, including control of human traffic.

Maximum benefits derive from feeding Original XPC to poultry (both breeders and progeny) from day-old chicks to slaughter. Original XPC balances the immune system, which helps minimise insult from Salmonella challenge.

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