Farm management practices that affect the prevalence of Salmonella in pastured poultry farms

Farm practices can affect the prevalence of Salmonella in the final product when poultry are exposed to the outside environment. Pastured poultry farms in the Southeastern United States were investigated in this study. Farm practice and processing variables that may affect the presence of Salmonella were determined by developing predictive models using the random forest method. Important variables affecting the prevalence of Salmonella in...