Effect of Some Environmental Factors on Epidemiology of Salmonellosis in Sheep within Salah Alden Province | ||
| Journal of Tikrit University For Agriculture Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2016, Pages 128-135 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sanaa Saud Ahmed; Hameed S. Khamees; Yaseen Hussien A. Al-Jobori | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The current study have included isolated and identification of sheep infection by Salmonella germs within Salah Alden province.The study have collection of (1524) samples from sick and suspected sheep infected by the Salmonella germs, these samples were collected from blood, excrement, milk, and wool , the isolation shown (207) of the isolated sample is related to the following serotypes: S.typhimurium (83) isolates, S.typhi (44) isolates, S.bongori (32) isolates, S.agona (31) isolates, S.arizona (9) isolates, S.enteritidis (8) isolates, which was confirmed by the formal qualities and biochemistry tests. The study have shown significant difference at level of (P≤0.01) in many cases through 8 months of the experiment (October 2011 until May 2012), and the highest level of infection was recorded in (October 2011) which was about (19.04%), and the lowest level of infection was recorded in (May 2012) which was about (9.21%) of the total percentage of infected cases. The study also shows an significant difference at level of (P≤0.01) among the infected cases with a difference of age stages, the highest infection was at age of (1 day – 6 months), which was about (16.02%), the lowest was at age of (3 – 5 years), which was about (12.17%). The study also shows an incorporeal difference at level of (P≤0.01) among the infected cases in many different locations of the study, the highest was recorded in Tikrit, which was about (19.32%), the lowest was recorded in Al-Dooz which was about (8.21%) of the total percentage of infected cases. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Epidemiology; Salmonellosis; sheep; Salah Alden Province | ||
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