Sero Survey of Salmonellosis in Broiler at Sylhet City of Bangladesh

The present study was undertaken to know the seroprevalence of Salmonella infection in broiler chickens in the Sylhet area, Northeastern Bangladesh. This investigation was conducted from 10 December 2018 through 20 January 2019. A total of 250 sera samples were collected from five live bird market of the Sylhet metropolitan area and subjected to rapid serum plate agglutination (RSPA) test using commercial salmonella antigen (LilliTest) to detect the presence of antibodies against salmonella infection. The overall prevalence of salmonella infection in the five live bird market visited in this investigation were recorded as 30.6%. The highest prevalence (46%) was reported from the samples of Lama bazar. And the lowest prevalence (20%) was reported from the samples of Mirabazar. It has been found that Salmonella infections are still significant disease problems in broiler farms in the Sylhet region. Keywords: Prevalence, Mirabajar, Antigen, Agglutination, Infection DOI: 10.7176/JNSR/12-20-01 Publication date:October 31st 202