TY  - JOUR
T1  - Occurrence and Antibiotic Susceptibility of <I>Salmonella </I>Serotypes in Apparently Healthy Slaughtered Sheep in Van, Turkey
AU - , Abdulbaki Aksakal AU - , Banur Boynukara AU - , Hasan Solmaz AU - , Ziya Ilhan AU - , Ismail Kutlu AU - , Timur Gulhan 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 8
IS  - 7
SP  - 1455
EP  - 1460
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2009.1455.1460
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2009.1455.1460
KW  - Sheep
KW  -serotyping
KW  -S. saintpaul
KW  -occurrence
KW  -antibiotic susceptibility
KW  -Turkey
AB  - This study was conducted to investigate the occurrence of <I>Salmonella</I> sp. and to determine their susceptibility to antibiotics in apparently healthy slaughtered sheep. In this research, a total of 600 (300 rectal and 300 vaginal) swabs taken from sheep were used as materials. A total of 9 (1.5%) <I>Salmonella</I> sp. were isolated from samples. Of the 9 <I>Salmonella </I>sp., 6 (2%) were isolated from rectal swabs and 3 (1%) <I>Salmonella </I>serotypes from vaginal swabs. <I>Salmonella</I> strains were serotyped as <I>Salmonella saintpaul</I>. All <I>Salmonella</I> strains were found to be susceptible to ampicillin, enrofloxacin, tetracycline, oxytetracycline, gentamicin, neomycin, chloramphenicol, spectinomycin, cephalothin, amoxycillin/clavulanic acid, trimethoprim+ sulfamethoxazole, nalidixic acid and penicillin G (except 2 isolates) whereas, they were resistant to erythromycin and novobiocin. This is the first time, <I>S. saintpaul</I> was isolated in rectal and vaginal swab samples of the sheep slaughtered in abattoirs in Turkey.
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