African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12500

Full Length Research Paper

Characterization of Salmonella enterica Ituri isolated from diseased poultry in Nigeria

  Ogunleye A. O.1*, Ajuwape A. T. P.1, Adetosoye A. I.1 and Carlson S. A.2          
  1Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. 2Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, IA, USA.
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  •  Accepted: 15 February 2013
  •  Published: 17 April 2013

Abstract

 

Salmonella enterica Ituri is an uncommon serotype associated with poultry disease. One of the serotype isolated from a poultry disease in Nigeria was characterized by serotyping and screening for the presence of Salmonella genomic island 1(SGI1) as a possible factor responsible for its involvement in a poultry disease outbreak. Despite the similarities in the antibiotic sensitivities patterns of the Salmonella Ituri serotypes with some SGI1-bearing serotypes, it does not bear the SGI1. This is the first report of association of this Salmonella serotype with avian paratyphoidal disease.

 

Key words: Salmonella enterica Ituri, serotype, Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1).

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