International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278-3202 7 12 2018 12 10 Prevalence of multi drug resistant salmonella sp from meat samples of Hyderabad city, India 15 20 EN Pahari Priti Ranjan 1 PG Department of Zoology, Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, 721636, India Das Mitali 2 PG Department of Zoology, Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, 721636, India Bhattacharya Tanmay 3 Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, 721102, India Kaur Sundeep 1 Department of Microbiology, Dolphin (PG) College of Science and Agriculture, Chunni Kalan-140307, Punjab, India . Sonam 2 Department of Microbiology, Dolphin (PG) College of Science and Agriculture, Chunni Kalan-140307, Punjab, India Kaur Pardeep 3 Department of Microbiology, Dolphin (PG) College of Science and Agriculture, Chunni Kalan-140307, Punjab, India Pradeep G. 1 Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka-585106, India Mendem S.K. 2 Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka-585106, India Math G.C. 3 Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka-585106, India Shivannavar C.T. 4 Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka-585106, India Gaddad S.M. 5 Department of Microbiology, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Karnataka-585106, India > Research Paper 2018 8 17 2018 12 10 Food is important need of survival for humankind. Food infections and etiological agents associated food is a serious threat. In the current study involved with Salmonella sp isolation and screening from retail meat shops and evaluation of antibiotic susceptibility. A total of 287 samples meat (goat meat-147 and chicken meat-140) were collected from retail meat shops of Hyderabad city, India. Samples were processed as per the ISO 6579:2002 and Salmonella isolates were identified based on the standard biochemical and cultural characterization. The serotyping was carried out by Kauffmann-White scheme for species level identification. Evaluation of antibiotic susceptibility test to various antibiotics as per CLSI guidelines and MIC of Ceftazidime and Ciprofloxacin was determined. Out of 287, 56 samples were positive for Salmonella with an incidence rate of 19.57%. The highest incidence of 22% was recorded in chicken meat samples and the goat meat samples had incidence rate of 16.32% (n=24). Based on serotyping, 87.5% (n=49), and 12.5% (n=7) isolates were identified as S. typhimurium and S. enteridis. A total of 85.7 % (n=48) of the 56 Salmonella isolates are multidrug resistant (MDR) and subsequently, ES& Copyright@ International Science Community Association