Survey of Salmonella serovars in broilers and laying breeding reproducers in East of Algeria.
BACKGROUND
Avian salmonellosis affects the poultry industry in underdeveloped and in developed countries. The aim of this study was to identify the most common Salmonella serovars in broilers and laying breeding reproducers in Eastern Algeria according to the ISO 6579 method.


METHODS
A total of 294 samples were obtained from two flocks of 10,000 broilers and laying breeding reproducers. Samples included livers and spleens, drag swabs of bottom boxes of young chickens, cloacal swabs, and faecal samples of chickens. Additional samples were also taken from water, feed and dusty surfaces.


CONCLUSIONS
Only the cloacal swabs, poultry faeces and samples from dusty surfaces were positive for Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Livingstone with a detection rate of 12% and 1.6% respectively. The results showed evidence of legislative failure regarding biosafety within the poultry industry in the area of Batna, Eastern Algeria.
Ammar
Ayachi
A
University of Batna, Batna, Algeria. samisara2001@yahoo.fr
Alloui
Nadir
N
Bennoune
Omar
O
Kassah-Laouar
Ahmed
A
D000462:Algeria; D000821:Animal Feed / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002645:Chickens; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents