BREAKING THE GAPS IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF IBS AS A KEY FACTOR FOR PROMOTING THE NATIONAL PUBLIC AND ANIMAL HEALTH: EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND MICROBIOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF S. ENTERICA AND STEC IN ANIMALS RAISED IN A HIGH-RISK POPULATION FROM CENTRAL CHILE

Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella enterica show one of the biggest gaps, due to a mayor lack of information about Integrated Backyard Systems (IBS) infection in Chile, few reports have been published in south America and worldwide, but the animals raised at this production systems have been described as reservoirs of these pathogens. The general objective is to determine the role of animals raised on Integrated Backyard Systems from Central Chile, a key factor for promoting One Health in Chile, in the maintenance of Salmonella enterica and STEC strains through its epidemiologic and microbiologic characteristics.