ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION BACTERIA FROM CLOACAL SWAB COLLECTED FROM DAY OLD CHICKENS JUST AFTER BIRTH

Abstract

The present research work was performed for the isolation and identification of different microbial flora from cloacal swab collected from day old chicken just after hatching. The entire research work was conducted primarily in the Microbiology laboratory of the Department of Microbiology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur. Out of 50 cloacal swab sample a total of 40 bacterial isolates were isolated and identified. Among these 40 isolates 20 (50%) were E. coli, 10 (25%) were Salmonella spp. , 8 (20%) were Staphycoccus spp. and 2 (5%) were unidentified. Present study indicated that E. coli was the dominant bacterial species in the cloacal swab of day old chicks just after birth.