Indonesian Society for Microbiology & Airlangga University Surabaya
Abstract
The aims of this reseach is to give information to the farmers and people about the bad consequences of consuming the poultry products that use unnatural forced moulting. The research was carried out by examining Salmonella enteritidis bacteria in the laying hens feces after treatment.
The laying hens devided in three groups and treatment with unnatural forced moulting, dietary feed carried out during 2, 3 and 4 days, and the another group given natural forced moulting treatment by 200 ig/ml each hen á Prl single dose compared with the group without dietary feed and á Prl.
The result showed that unnatural forced moulting with dietary feed during 2, 3 and 4 days decrease laying hen immune function. It was founded Salmonella enteritidis in laying hens feces after treatment. The Salmonella enteritidis can be the causal factor of zoonosis for human
