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We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of<jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>serovars in egg-laying hens and broilers at the farm level and their susceptibility to antimicrobials commonly used in the poultry industry in Ghana. Sampling of faeces by a sock method (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 75), dust (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 75), feed (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 10) and drinking water (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 10) was performed at 75 commercial egg-laying and broiler farms in two regions of Ghana and skin neck (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 30) at a local slaughterhouse from broilers representing different flocks.<jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>was detected in 94\/200 (47%) samples with an overall flock prevalence of 44\u00b70%. Sixteen different serovars were identified with<jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. Kentucky (18\u00b71%),<jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. Nima (12\u00b78%),<jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. Muenster (10\u00b76%),<jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. Enteritidis (10\u00b76%) and<jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. Virchow (9\u00b76 %) the most prevalent types. The predominant phage type of<jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. Enteritidis was PT1. All strains were susceptible to cefotaxime, ceftazidime and cefoxitin. Fifty-seven (60\u00b76%) strains were resistant to one or more of the remaining nine antimicrobials tested by disk diffusion, of which 23 (40\u00b74%) showed multi-resistance (resistance to \u2a7e3 classes of antimicrobials). Of the resistant strains (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 57), the most significant were to nalidixic acid (89\u00b75%), tetracycline (80\u00b77%), ciprofloxacin (64\u00b79%), sulfamethazole (42\u00b71%), trimethoprim (29\u00b78%) and ampicillin (26\u00b73%). All<jats:italic>S.<\/jats:italic>Kentucky strains were resistant to more than two antimicrobials and shared common resistance to nalidixic acid or ciprofloxacin and tetracycline, often in combinations with other antimicrobials. PFGE analysis using<jats:italic>Xba<\/jats:italic>I of<jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>. Kentucky demonstrated one dominant clone in the country. In conclusion, poultry produced in Ghana has a high prevalence of multi-resistant<jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>and the common finding of clonal<jats:italic>S.<\/jats:italic>Kentucky in the Kumasi area warrants further investigations into the epidemiology of this serovar. There is an urgent need for surveillance and control programmes on<jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>and use of antimicrobials in the Ghanaian poultry industry to protect the health of consumers.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0950268816001126","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,6,23]],"date-time":"2016-06-23T18:29:25Z","timestamp":1466706565000},"page":"3288-3299","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":77,"title":["Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of<i>Salmonella<\/i>serovars isolated from poultry in Ghana"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"144","author":[{"given":"L. 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