PREVALENCE OF SALMONELLA IN BROILER CHICKS IN EGYPT | ||
| Journal of Current Veterinary Research | ||
| Article 8, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 52-62 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jcvr.2018.39278 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hesham Sultan* ; Walaa Attia; Alaa Abdelrazek | ||
| Department of birds and rabbits Medicine. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sadat City, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study was undertaken to investigate and phenotypically characterize serotypes and antibiotic susceptibility of Salmonella isolates prevalent in broiler chicks. In this study a total of 26 broiler farms allocated in El-Gharbia and El-Menofia Governorates during the period of November 2015 to November 2016. The percentage of Salmonella positive samples were 15.4%, the following serotypes could be isolated and identified Salmonella Pullorum (n=1), Salmonella Havana (n=1), Salmonella Durham (n=1), and Salmonella Entritidis (n=1) from broiler chicks. In the present study, most of the tested Salmonella serovars were multi-drug resistant (MAR) and had high MAR indexes against the commonly used antibiotics in the poultry industry in Egypt. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Salmonella; broiler | ||
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