E. Coli
E. Coli
E. Coli
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L.F=lactose fermenter NLF=Non lactose fermenter<br />
4.1-Enterobacteria in Chicken<br />
specimens.<br />
Out a total of 295 samples obtained from livers and<br />
spleen of broilers, one day old chicks and layers, 245<br />
samples were recovered as Enterobacterial isolates with<br />
prevalence rate 83.05% of total number. 205 out of<br />
295(69.49%) isolates were lactose fermenter isolates (table<br />
3, fig.1). Fourty isolates were recovered as non-lactose<br />
fermenter isolates with prevalence rate 13.55% of total<br />
isolates.<br />
One hundred and twenty five samples collected from<br />
broiler and 170 samples collected from both one day old<br />
chicks and layers. (4,5). Only 107 isolates from a total of<br />
125(85.6%) samples from broiler were recovered.<br />
77/125(61.6%) as lactose fermenter, meanwhile<br />
30/125(24%) were recovered as non lactose fermenter (<br />
table 4).<br />
Concerning specimens from layers and one day old<br />
chicks, Incidence of obtained isolates as lactose fermenter<br />
and non lactose fermenter from each farm ( table 5 )<br />
revealed that only 138 isolates from a total of<br />
170(81.1%)samples from broiler were recovered.<br />
128/170(75.2%) were lactose fermenter, meanwhile<br />
10/170(5.88%) were recovered as non lactose fermenter.<br />
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