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Isolation of Salmonella from slaughtered animals and sewage at
Zakho abattoir, Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
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Anas
I. Zubair¹ and Khalid S.
Ibrahim²
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1Department
of Medical Laboratory Technique, Zakho Technical Institute, Zakho, Iraq;
2Department
of Biology, Faculty of Science,
Zakho University, Iraq
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Abstract |
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Salmonella
species in slaughtered animals and abattoir sewage from Zakho Abattoir,
Kurdistan Region, Iraq. A total of 500 samples were
collected including 200 from healthy sheep (100 rectal swabs and 100
gallbladder contents), 100 from healthy goats (50 rectal swabs and 50
gallbladder contents), 100 from cattle (50 rectal swabs and 50
gallbladder contents), and 100 sewage samples from the abattoir drains.
From the total of 400 animals examined, 9 (2.25%) were positive for
Salmonella spp., in which 5 (2.5%) were from sheep [ 2 (2%)
from rectal swabs and 3 (3%) from gallbladder], 2 (2%) were from rectal
swabs of goats, and 2 (2%) were from cattle [1 (2%) from rectal swabs
and 1 (2%) from gallbladder]. Whereas,
only 3 (3%) were positive for Salmonella spp.,
obtained from 100 sewage samples. Only three serotypes of Salmonella
were detected in 12 (2.4%) samples from the total 500 samples. The
isolated Salmonella serotypes were Salmonella hato 8 (66.66%),
Salmonella anatum 3 (25%), and Salmonella enteritidis
1 (8.33%). The antimicrobial sensitivity test of all 12 isolates against
13 antibiotics was studied. Results revealed that all isolates were 100%
sensitive to amoxicillin, amikacin, gentamicin, and ciprofloxacin, and
100% resistant to clindamycin, rifampin, vancomycin, cephalothin,
lincomycin, and trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole, chloramphinicol,
doxycycline and tetracycline except S. hato.
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Keywords:
Zakho abattoir;
Salmonella;
Kurdistan Region; Iraq
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To cite this article:
Zubair AI and KS Ibrahim,
2012.
Isolation of Salmonella from slaughtered animals and sewage at
Zakho abattoir, Kurdistan
Region,
Iraq.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 3(1), 20-24. |
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