Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology

A cross sectional study on isolation and identification of Salmonella from apparently healthy pet dogs, in Holeta Town, Western Shoa, Ethiopia

International Conference and Summit on Industrial & Pharmaceutical Microbiology

October 17-18, 2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Eyob Hirpa Tola and Sultan Aliyi

Wollega University, Ethiopia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Microb Biochem Technol

Abstract:

Salmonellosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases with global distribution and importance in both humans and animals therefore; a cross-sectional study was carried out aimed at isolation and identification of Salmonella from rectal swab sample of apparently health dogs in Western Shoa, Holeta Town, from November, 2015 to February, 2016. Rectal swab samples were collected from 123 selected apparently healthy pet dogsâ?? by cluster sampling technique for isolation and identification of Salmonella using standard operating procedure of ISO 6579, 2002. The overall detection rate of Salmonella was 17.1% (n=21). Moreover, 14.3% (n=10) and 20.8% (n=11) dogs were Salmonella positive in Burka Harbu and Goro Keransa, respectively. The higher detection rate of Salmonella was recorded in male 17.5% (n=18) than female 15% (n=3) however, the variation between sex were not statistically significant (P>0.05). This study also revealed the highest rate in dogs those fed on all what is available including scavenging by 19.1% (9/47) while animal fed on home left over feed was second ranked 16.9% (10/59), but those fed only meat was 11.8% (2/ 17) and this variation also not statistically significant (P>0.05). In conclusion, this study indicates that the detection rate in apparently healthy pet dog shedding of Salmonella from the Western Shoa Holeta Town is high relative to the other species of animal in the country and this shows that dog play a major role in spreading of the disease to the humans as well as other animals.

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