In this study Salmonella species were detected in 16 out of 820 samples of animal feeds composed of 523 feed concentrate, 242 meat and bone meal, 50 complete feed and 5 poultry meal. The rate of Salmonella contamination varied according to the nature of the sample, one (20%) of the poultry meal, 2(4%) of the complete feed, 9(3.72%) of the meat and bone meal and 4 (0.76%) of the feed concentrate. The 16 Salmonella isolates represented 9 serovars; S.muenster (4 isolates), S.cerro (3 isolates), S. typhimurium and S.anatum (2 isolates each) and one isolate of each of S.kingston, S.reubeuss, S.stockholm, S.binza and S.boecker
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