Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52642#.VJzMEcCAM4 Author(s) Sarah I. Umeh 1* , Chika Paulinus Enwuru 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria . 2 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Imo State College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Amaigbo, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Food animals are important reservoirs of infectious pathogens. The use of antimicrobial drugs in food animals is a major source of selection of drug resistant pathogens. This study investigated a total of 1000 faecal samples of livestock and poultry between January 2012 and March 2013 to determine the prevalence rate of Salmonella s...
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