Incidence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Salmonella Carrier among Apparently Healthy Camels in Some Libyan Regions

Abstract

Our study were planned to investigate the incidence of salmonella species among apparently healthy camels. One hundred and twenty one (121) samples were collected from camel’s feces (79 from Egdabya and 42 from El-mackeli) in Libya. Bacteriological examination of samples showed that the incidence of positive fecal samples were 16 (13.2%) according to their culture and morphological characteristics. Biochemical and serological identification revealed the following serotypes: six of S. typhimurium with incidence of (37.5%), four of S. entretids (25%), three of S. frintrop( (18.8%), in addition to three isolates were not identified. Anti- biotic sensitivity of isolated serotype showed that serovars were most sensitive to Ampicillin, Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid (all isolates) and Chloramphenicol which could be used for treatment of salmonellosis in camels. The epidemiology and zoonotic significance of salmonella infection were discussed in