Abstract:
Salmonellosis is the major food-borne disease in the world with a serious public health
problem. A cross-sectionals study was conducted from March 2023 to April, 2024 to
determine the prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and associated risk factors of
Salmonella isolated from fresh raw chicken eggs collected at Konta-Ameya poultry farms and
open local markets in southwest Ethiopia. The samples were examined by using culture
technique and were confirmed by biochemical test. From the total of 384 eggs examined for
Salmonella, 34(8.85%) were positive, of which 26 (6.77%) and 8 (2.08%) were isolated from
eggshells and egg contents, respectively. There is no significantly difference between
prevalence of Salmonella in eggs from the
