Prevalence of Salmonella enteritidis in aquatic bird s eggs (Anas platyrhncha) from farmer s houses in Basrah marshes, Iraq

The present study was performed to detect the incidence of Salmonella enteritidis contamination of water bird s eggs from farmer s houses in Basrah city marshes. 90 samples were collected from eggs. Bacteriological examination and antimicrobial susceptibility test was done and the results showed that the rate of contamination of eggs shells and contents was (4.4%,2.2% ) respectively.