By : Mohamed T. Shaaban 1, Hegazy , A.M 2,Sami I.Menisy 3

Abstract

Prevalence of Salmonella pathogen in poultry in Kafr El – Sheikh governorate, Egypt were analyzed in 100 pooled samples from poultry (liver, spleen , cloacal swab, gall bladder ), using culture and PCR based methods. The results showed that S. enteric was detected in 10 samples (10%), S. enterica serovar Enteritidis , S. enterica serovars Typhimurium and non-typable serovars were detected in 4(40%) , 2(20%) and 4(40%) respectively . All isolates were multi-drug resistant .Also, all isolates had drug resistant genes except for only one isolate was S. enterica serovar Enteritidis . No integrons were detected.

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4. Microbiological and molecular studies on Salmonella spp. isolated from broilers in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, Egypt.
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