The prevalence and concentration of Salmonella enterica in poultry litter in the southern United States

• Laurel L. Dunn ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Laurel L. Dunn, Michelle D. Danyluk

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: laurel.dunn@uga.edu

  Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0786-5253

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• Vijendra Sharma ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ VS, TKC, LMF, CCL, and CR also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL, United States of America

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• Travis K. Chapin ,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  ¶‡ VS, TKC, LMF, CCL, and CR also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL, United States of America

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• Loretta M. Friedrich ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ VS, TKC, LMF, CCL, and CR also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL, United States of America

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• Colleen C. Larson ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ VS, TKC, LMF, CCL, and CR also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Okeechobee County Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Human Nutrition University of Florida, Okeechobee, FL, United States of America

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• Camila Rodrigues ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Horticulture, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America

  ¶‡ VS, TKC, LMF, CCL, and CR also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

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• Michele Jay-Russell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliation Western Center for Food Safety, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Keith R. Schneider,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

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• Michelle D. Danyluk

  Contributed equally to this work with: Laurel L. Dunn, Michelle D. Danyluk

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL, United States of America

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