Salmonella serotypes isolated from turkey meat in Albania

Eleven (11) Salmonella strains were recovered from 11 (8.2%) out of 134 turkey meat samples in Albania, for the period of time 1996-1998. The percentage of Salmonella positive turkey meat samples varied with 5% in 1996 (3 out of 60), 14.7% in 1997 (5 out of 34) and 7.5% in 1998 (3 out of 40). The isolated strains were found to belong to 3 different Salmonella serogroups; 6 isolates to serogroup B, 4 isolates to serogroup D and 1 isolate to serogroup C. Five (5) different serotypes were encountered; Salmonella enteritidis (4 isolates), Salmonella agona (3 isolates), S. saint-paul, S. reading and S. blockley with only one isolate each. One Salmonella strain, belonging to serogroup B, was not completely serotyped.