Occurrence of Salmonella species in local and commercial chickens slaughtered at Samaru and Sabon-gari live bird markets, Kaduna State
Saaondo James Ashar,
Anthony Oche Ameh,
Jibril Adamu
et al.
Abstract:Salmonellosis is a bacterial infection caused by members of the genusSalmonella. It is one of the most common and important zoonotic diseases. The route of infection from animals to humans is usually through contaminated food, water and environment. Bacteriological investigation on 303 cloacal swab samples collected from local (139) and commercial (164) chickens slaughtered at Samaru and Sabon-gari live bird markets, Kaduna State was carried out to determine the occurrence ofSalmonellaspecies. Cultural isolati… Show more
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