TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prevalence of <I>Salmonella</I>e in Broiler Chicken Carcasses and Poultry Farms in the Central Region, K.S.A.
AU - , A.M. Saad AU - , D.M. Almujali AU - , S.H. Babiker AU - , M.A.M. Shuaib K.A. Abdelgadir AU - , Y.A. Alfadul 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
SP  - 164
EP  - 167
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2007.164.167
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2007.164.167
KW  - Cloacal swabs
KW  -Salmonella
KW  -broiler
KW  -flocks
KW  -hatcheries
AB  - A total of 5028 samples comprising broiler chickens carcasses, cloacal swabs, poultry feed, drinking water and environmental swabs were collected and examined for detection of <I>Salmonella</I>. The samples were collected from retail stores and 26 poultry farms located in the central region of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prevalence of <I>Salmonella</I>e in broiler chickens carcasses collected from local markets was 17.53 and 7.29% in broiler carcasses collected directly from poultry farms slaughterhouses. Chilled carcasses showed a contamination rate of 13.83% compared to 8.23% in frozen carcasses. Prevalence of <I>Salmonella</I>e in cloacal swabs from live broiler flocks was 4.87%, whereas cloacal swabs from parent flocks showed a prevalence of 2.19%. The percentage <I>Salmonella</I> positive swabs collected from slaughterhouses environment was 10%, swabs collected from hatcheries environment showed a contamination rate of 1.65%. A total of 267 <I>Salmonella</I> isolates were recovered from 5028 samples examined. Out of the 267 isolates 179 isolates were serotyped and were found to belong to 24 different <I>Salmonella</I> serovars. The most prevalent  serovar was S.munchen (16.2%) followed by <I>S. livingstone</I> (15.64%), <I>S. entertidis</I> (14.52%), <I>S. infantis</I> (11.73%), <I>S. emek</I> (10.05%), <I>S. virchow</I> (8.93%) and <I>S. java</I> (7.26%). Other <I>Salmonella</I> serovars were detected in smaller percentages and seven new serovars were reported for the first time in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
ER  -