Synovitis associated with Salmonellosis infections of broiler chickens in Karbala Province

The study aimed in part to identify bacterium Salmonella spp. isolate of culturing andantimicrobial susceptibility test in diagnosis of this bacteria that causes arthritis isolated from chicken farm in Kerbala governorate, Iraq. A total of 40 joint swabs were collected from broiler suffering by arthritis isolated from chicken farm in Kerbala governorate, through a period of three months (from December 2014 to February2015), in an attempt to detect thebacterium Salmonella spp. which play a role for Arthritis. The research was concluded that the isolated salmonella spp. belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae play important in the synovitis of broiler chicken, Ciprofloxacin and Chloramphenicol had the highest overall in all salmonella spp. vitro efficacy, but resistant 100% coverage of Amoxicillin against salmonella spp. that isolate and tested.