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The Incidence Of Salmonella And Escherchia Coli In Livestock (poultry) Feeds
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
The term poultry used in
agriculture generally refers to all domesticated birds kept for egg or
meat production. These includes chickens (domestic fowls), Grallus
domestics, turkeys, ducks and geese. This project will deal largely
with the chicken which are the most common domestic fowl. The species
of poultry are aptable or can survive in different environments
therefore, they are widely distributed in the world, with great increase
in population, the demand for goods especially protein food become
acute. To meet the demand for animal protein and its development, rapid
multiplying ones becomes very necessary. Poultry has so many
advantages over other domesticated animal whose production is very much
hindered by lack of money, high temperature, disease and lack of good at
certain periods of the year.
The diseases of poultry is like the disease of other animals may be caused by:
Pathogenic organisms like bacteria and viruses, protozoa, worms and some members of arthropods
Nutritional deficiency,
From wound or cannibalism
The following diseases are usually associated with the fowls locally
New castle disease
Chronic respiratory diseases
Fowl typhoid
Coccidiosis
Fowl pox
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ] This work is aimed at determining the incidence of bacterial injections such as Salmonella and Escherichia coli which cause health hazards to the poultry in their feeds. Sample feed were obtained from commercial mash operation/ pellet mill operation at New heaven and top feed at Ogbete main market Enugu. The samples were screened for total aerobic bacteria count, total coliform count and the characterization of the bacteria isolates carried out while indole test and citrate test were use ... Continue reading---
