Salmonella Serovars, Antibiotic Resistance, and Virulence Factors Isolated from Intestinal Content of Slaughtered Chickens and Ready-to-Eat Chicken Gizzards in the Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria
Table 6
Occurrence of Salmonella serotypes from intestinal contents and ready-to-eat chicken gizzards from the Ilorin metropolis.
Salmonella serovars
Number
% from location of sample collection
S. enterica serovar enterica 45: d: 1, 7
16
37.21 (11 from intestinal contents and 5 from gizzards)
S. Haifa
5
11.63 (5 from intestinal contents)
No growth after enriched broth
11
25.58
Contaminated with Proteus which could not be serotyped
