Prevalence of Salmonella in Meat of Food Animals

An attempt was made to isolate and identify Salmonella bacteria from meat samples of different animals around Pantnagar area. A total of 716 meat samples were screened by conventional cultural method and further confirmed by biochemical, serological and PCR based molecular technique. The samples were plated on various media like HEA, BGA, XLD, BSA and MLA from where the putative isolates were tested biochemically followed by serological identification by latex agglutination kit and molecular confirmation using specific genes. A total of 9 salmonella could be isolated.