A SYSTEM FOR DISINFECTING POULTRY TRANSPORT CAGE SAMPLES

A disinfection system was designed and constructed to sterilize sample pieces of poultry transport crate materials. In the disinfection syst em, fecal material was mixed into the water of a test tank to simulate conditions typically occurring in crate washing systems in poultry pr ocessing plants. Sodium hypochlorite was added to water to disinfect s amples. Results indicated that galvanized steel samples could be disin fected at 600 ppm chlorine concentrations and 43 degrees C water tempe ratures, which suggests that this type of system could be used for rap id, efficient decontamination of poultry transport.