Salmonella enteritidis in Quail Eggs

Authors: ÖZLEM TURGAY, NUH ÖZKAN, EMEL ÇAKIROĞLU

Abstract: The presence of Salmonella enteritidis was investigated in 123 liquid whole quail eggs. Salmonella strains were identified and sero-grouped by coagglutination test and slide agglutination test. Seven (5.69%) of 123 whole quail eggs were in group D1 and were sero-typed as Salmonella enteritidis. It was found that in phage-typing of Salmonella enteritidis, three of 7 strains were Salmonella enteritidis PT4 , two of them were PT1, one of them was PT7, and one of them was indefinite.

Keywords: Quail egg, Salmonella enteritidis, phage-typing

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