Novel detection techniques for human pathogens that contaminate poultry

Poultry products are presumed to be a major contributor to human foodborne illness due to their high frequency of contamination with pathogens Salmone lla spp. and Campylobacter spp, This has stimulated the development of more sensitive and rapid methods for identifying pathogens present in poultry. These new methods include immunomagnetic separation of pathogen, PCR amplif ication of pathogen-specific sequences, pathogen-specific DNA and RNA probe s, and identification of pathogen-specific ions by mass spectrometry.