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Diagnostic Study for Salmonella Infection In Broiler Farms In Kirkuk Province

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Avian and aquatic Diseases

Abstract

The aim of the study is diagnosis Salmonella infection in broiler chickens in Kirkuk province. For this purpose, 120 samples were collected from broiler chicken organs, which included form the cecal tonsils, liver, spleen, and gallbladder. ELISA, PCR, Culture methods , whole blood agglutination tests, and slide agglutination tests were all used for Salmonella infection diagnosis. The results showed that 52.5% of the broiler chickens had Salmonella bacteria isolated from them, as it was found that the cecal tonsils are the best place to isolate that bacteria, and the results also showed that Salmonella enteritidis is the most prevalent species. The ELISA test resulted 60.3%, , whereas other widely used tests produced a result of 100%. The test of ELISA , the test of slide agglutination and the test of whole blood agglutination for Salmonella enteritidis, with the test of slide agglutination results for Salmonella typhimurium recorded 68.4%,71.9%, 62.3%, and 71.4%, respectively. The study concludes that the best place to isolate the bacteria is the cecal tonsils. In addition, the most common type of Salmonella that was diagnosed in the samples studied was the Salmonella enteritidis.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2024.254791.1720

Keywords

Salmonella infection, Broiler farms, Kirkuk Province

Authors

First Name

abduljabar

Last Name

Hussein

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

tikrit

Email

abduljabar1981@tu.edu.iq

City

Tikrit

Orcid

0000-0002-8200-5934

First Name

ahmad

Last Name

sultan

MiddleName

abdalla

Affiliation

Department of Pathology& Poultry diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tikrit, Iraq,

Email

alsultan5877@tu.edu.iq

City

karkuk

Orcid

0000-0002-5714-4393

First Name

ali

Last Name

awad

MiddleName

hasan

Affiliation

Department of Biology, Faculty of Education for Woman, University of Kirkuk, Iraq

Email

dr.alihasanawad@uokirkuk.edu.iq

City

Kirkuk

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Volume

55

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

45363

Issue Date

2024-09-01

Receive Date

2023-12-11

Publish Date

2024-09-01

Page Start

1,183

Page End

1,190

Print ISSN

1110-0222

Online ISSN

2357-089X

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/article_335811.html

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335,811

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Original Article

Type Code

140

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Diagnostic Study for Salmonella Infection In Broiler Farms In Kirkuk Province

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Created At

23 Dec 2024