Salmonella infections are rapidly increasing in urban areas of the US What is surprising reason?

In an urban area of ​​the United StatesSalmonellaThe number of people infected with it has increased rapidly. The cause of Salmonella infection spreading even to the dead seems to be in chickens raised in the popular home in recent years in recent years.

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According to the American Disease Control Center, since January 2017, more than 1,100 people in 48 states across the country developed Salmonella poisoning due to chickens and ducks, of which 250 people were hospitalized and 1 person died It is. The number of Salmonella infections caused by poultry such as chickens is a quadruple pace as compared with 2015, which means that it is the rapid increase.

In recent years, the cause of the surge of Salmonella infection has been caused by ducks and chickens that have been increasingly kept in American families. The purpose of keeping chickens in the backyard at home is for natural food lovers to take eggs and chicken, and for "child education" of children. In addition, among natural food lovers, there seem to be people who touch and hug chickens like pets like dogs and cats.


Salmonella that chickens and the like incorporated into the body are discharged as feces, but bacteria often adhere to bird feathers and soils, and the environment that keeps poultry can be said to be a place where bacteria such as Salmonella propagate easily. Therefore, when breeding birds for the purpose of chicken meat and eggs, it is common sense that the practice of "hand washing" is necessary, but as a result of some neglected food enthusiasts neglecting hand washing from lack of knowledge, That is why Salmonella has been overwhelmed.

Chickens and ducklings sold in the United States are supplied from about 20 different poultry farms. The United States Department of Agriculture encourages the chicken farm to check for the presence or absence of Salmonella infection on a regular basis, but it is left to the voluntary judgment of the poultry farm to decide whether to conduct the test. Therefore, before studying whether or not a person keeping poultry such as chicken as a pet is a chicken at a chicken farm that has been checked for Salmonella infection, it is firstly possible to learn the basic knowledge necessary for breeding poultry Experts point out that it is important.