ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIBIOGRAM STUDY OF SALMONELLA SEROVARS FROM DUCK, PIGEON AND QUAIL AT DINAJPUR DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH

Abstract

Salmonellosis is a common problem in poultry farms of our country. Indiscriminate use . of antibiotic to control the disease results drug resistance and limits the therapeutic possibilities in the treatment of the disease. A total of 93 samples were collected from liver, spleen and intestine of Duck, Pigeon and Quail; either dead or sick, brought for antibiogram study following isolation of Salmonellae from those birds during the period from December, 2009 to June, 2010 from three upazilla of Dinajpur District of Bangladesh. The collected samples were inoculated to different cultural media(NA, MC agar, EMB agar, Simmons Citrate agar, SS agar, BGA) for the determination of cultural characteristics of the organism.