This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of salmonella in the
bowels of the broiler carcass in poultry slaughterhouses in southern Syrian
governorates. 216 random samples of giblets included liver, spleen, heart and
gizzard) collected
weekly during March and September of 2011 from small
slaughterhouses in southern governorates were incubated in buffered peptone
water, selinite broth, Salmonella-Shigella agar and Hikton agar media. The
suspected colonies were subjected for staining and microscopically
examination. as well as to biochemical tests.