Prevalence of Salmonella in marketed Penaeus monodon shrimps in North Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Main Authors: J. Kamalika H. Ubeyratne, Josef Kleen, Goetz Hildebrandt, Reinhard Fries, Rutch Khattiya, Pawin Padungtod, Maximilian P.O. Baumann, Karl Hans Zessin
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Veterinary
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=56249092083&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60580
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

The examination of a total of 180 samples from both captured and cultured shrimps from Sri Lanka for the presence of Salmonella revealed an overall prevalence of 12.8%. The prevalence of Salmonella in captured shrimps and cultured shrimps was 14.4% and 11.1% respectively, but the difference was not...