Abstract
The effects of medium composition, incubation temperature, and length of incubation were determined for recovery of the predominant intestinal bacteria from turkey poults. Incubation of recovery media at 41 degrees C resulted in significantly higher counts than at 37 degrees C. In 2- and 3-week-old turkey poults. RGCAP-30, RGCAP-10, and RGCA-30 gave the highest recoveries of cecal bacteria. M98-5 was less effective and brain heart infusion agar was definitely inadequate. However, there was no significant difference between RGCAP-30 and brain heart infusion agar for recovery of duodenal bacteria. In older birds (6 weeks of age), M98-5 was equal or superior to the RGCA-based media. The choice of a primary isolation medium is thus dependent on the site to be sampled and the age of the bird.
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