Monitoring Salmonella contamination in imported horses and meat through Cairo International Airport

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1 General Organization for Export and Import Control, Cairo Airport

2 Veterinary Hygiene, Facult. of Vet. Med., Cairo University

3 Poult. Dis., Animal Health Res. Institute, Dokki, Giza

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Quarantine against Salmonella through Cairo International Airport was assessed from July 2014 through July 2015 and from January 2014 through July 2015 for imported horses and meat; respectively. The samples included the fecal samples of imported horses (n=90), imported chilled meat (n=67), and Imported frozen meat (n=63).imported horses from Belgium, England, Germany, France, Emirates, and Kuwait free from Salmonella. Although 1.5% of the imported chilled meat was positive for Salmonella. The most prevalent serotype isolated was S. Kentucky, imported from Australia in the summer of 2014, while 6.4% of the imported frozen meat was positive for Salmonella; the most prevalent serotypes isolated were S. Infantis, S. Hafnia, S.Typhimurium and §. Newport was imported in winter 2014, summer 2014 (South Africa), winter 2015 (Australia) and summer 2014 (U.S.A) respectively. Prevalence rate of Salmonella was higher (60%) in summer season and decreased in winter (40%) but lower in autumn (20%), with absence in spring. S. Typhimurium was sensitive to Florfenicol, Gentamycin, and Streptomycin.

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