Predominant Serovars of Salmonella in Broiler Chickens in Thailand

Authors

  • Sumalee Boonmar Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900 Thailand
  • Chumpot Amatayakul Division of Community Medicine, Department of Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasart University, Rungsit, Pathum thani Thailand
  • Aroon Bangtrakulnonth WHO Salmonella & Shigella Center, Department of Medical Science, Ministry of Public Health , Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand

Keywords:

Salmonella, serovar, S. enteritidis

Abstract

The serovars of Salmonella in the samples of chicken meat were assessed. In 1997, 22 serovars and 6 serovars of Salmonella were found in the 72 of 100 chicken meat samples purchased from ten retail markets in Bangkok and 20 of 200 samples from slaughterhouse for export. These serovars were predominantly identified as S. enteritidis contributed to 28% of retail chicken meat markets and 4.5% of the chicken meat from slaughterhouse for exportation.

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Published

1999-03-31

How to Cite

Boonmar, Sumalee, Chumpot Amatayakul, and Aroon Bangtrakulnonth. 1999. “Predominant Serovars of Salmonella in Broiler Chickens in Thailand”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 33 (1). Bangkok, Thailand:75-79. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/240435.

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (1999): January-March

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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