Occurrence of Typhoidal and Non-typhoidal Salmonellae among Poultry Workers in the Southern, Nigeria: A Recent Study
Creators: name: Etanguno Effiong Owowo
name: Umoh, Veronica J.
name: Iquo Effiong Okon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Poultry
salmonella
poultry workers
antibiogram

description: In most developing countries, typhoid fever and non-typhoidal salmonellosis are still endemic, with large-scale transmission through contaminated food and water. Since the early 2000s, poultry has also been found to be a common food source for Salmonella enteritidis infections. A total of 500 blood, stool, cloaca swab and egg shell swab specimens were collected respectively from poultry, non-poultry workers and birds in Akwa Ibom State and screened for Salmonella species using standard cultural and serological techniques. The overall prevalence rate was 117 (23.4%). Salmonella species were distributed in all the three senatorial districts of the State, percentage distribution of Salmonella isolates was 42 (25%) for Uyo, 35 (20.8%) for Eket and 40 (23.8%) were isolated from Ikot Ekpene senatorial districts. Out of 372 human subjects screened 77 (20.7%) were positive and 38 (20.4%) were isolated from non-poultry workers while 39 (21.0%) were isolated from poultry Staff in the three senatorial districts. Out of 128 samples of poultry products analysed 40 (31.3%) were isolated. 23 (18%) were isolated from cloaca swabs while 17 (13.3%) were isolated from egg shell swabs. In this study, all the serological significant Typhoid fever cases were confirmed by blood culture. According to sero-grouping and source of sample collection 23.9% <em>S. typhi</em> was isolated from human followed by <em>S. paratyphi</em> A (20.5%) while <em>S. enteritidis</em> and <em>S. gallinarum</em> (19.7%). Among poultry products <em>S. gallinarum</em>, <em>S. enteritidis</em>, <em>S. pullorum</em>, <em>S. paratyphi</em> A, and <em>S. typhimurium</em> were isolated from bird Cloaca swab and Egg shell swab. Salmonella pullorum and <em>S. typhi</em> were not isolated from human and poultry respectively. High prevalence of Salmonella serovars such as <em>S. gallinarium</em>, <em>S. typhi</em>, <em>S. typhimurium</em> and <em>S. enteritidis</em> with regular consumption of poultry and eggs without proper disinfection and appropriate boiling represent a serious public health risk in Akwa Ibom State. Demographic data obtained in this study showed that majority of the poultry workers across the three senatorial districts were within the ages of 21 to 30 (34%), 39% were none graduate while 30.4% were secondary school leavers. The results showed that Amoxacillin-Clavulanic acid was 100% susceptible to <em>S. gallinarum</em>, <em>S. paratyphi</em> A, 93% susceptible to <em>S. typhi</em> and 80% to <em>S. typhimurium</em>, <em>S. enteritidis</em> and <em>Spullorum</em>. <em>Salmonella gallinarum</em> was 100% sensitive to Ciprofloxacin and <em>S. pullorum</em>, whereas all isolates were 100% resistant to Oxacillin and Tylosin antibacterial agents used. The emergence of multiple drugs resistant Salmonella from human and poultry shows that the continuous use of drugs in poultry as growth promoters should be re-examined. Other factors as sources of Salmonella contamination in farms can be minimized by good hygienic practices and biosecurity measures.