A Bacteriological Assessment for Salmonella and Escherichia coli in Some Selected Fresh Water Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) Farms and Depots

Golda farms and depots of selected areas of the different districts of Bangladesh viz. Khulna, Bagerhat, Jessore and Norial area were sampled for the detection of Salmonella sp. and Escherichia coli. Incidence of Salmonella positive samples was 39%, 25%, 50% and 42% in the farms and 30%, 20%, 20% and 30% in the depots of Dumuria under Khulna, Bagerhat Sadar under Bagerhat, Avoynagar under Jessore and Kalia under Norail district respectively. On the other hand, E. coli positive samples was 23%, 42%, 25% and 17% in the farms and 70%, 30%, 50% and 30% in the depots of Dumuria (Khulna), Bagerhat Sadar (Bagerhat), Avoynagar (Jessore) and Kalia (Norail) region respectively. The overall results indicate that the trend of Samonella and E. coli contamination in farms and depots of all the regions is more or less similar although some variations were observed among the farms and depots of different location and region.