Prevalence of Salmonella in Retail Chicken Meat at Tehran IRAN (2005)

Food –borne diseases are important public health problems in the world. In recent years significant increase in the incidence of Salmonellas has been reported by WHO. Because Salmonellas resistance to antibiotics. The present study is to evaluate the prevalence of Salmonella in trails chicken meats in Tehran. Between Bahman 2004 to Aban 2005 we analyzed 198 samples of chicken meats in Tehran city. Each sample weighing approximately 800 g was collected. Salmonellas was isolated from 93 of the samples analyzed (47%). The predominant serotypes were S. Enteritis (48. 4%)، S. Hadar (26. 9%) and B4 22. 3%). Otherserotypes such as S. Derby and Paratyphoid B were in much lower levels.