Dr. J. B. NayakMAKWANA, PARESHBHAI PETHABHAI2017-02-272017-02-272014http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810002730The present study was carried out in the post graduate laboratory, Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, A.A.U., Anand with intension to find out prevalence of Salmonella spp. from chevon and mutton collected from the retail meat shops in and around Anand city, Gujarat. The chevon and mutton samples as well as retail meat shops environment samples viz. butchers’ hands, knives and log swabs were collected under aseptic precautions and were inoculated into pre-enrichment medium-Buffered Peptone water, followed by enrichment in Rappaport-Vassiliadis soybean meal (RVSM) broth and tetrathionate broth (TTB) and then plating on selective plating media like Xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) and Brilliant green (BGA) agars in the PG laboratory of the department. The colonies showing typical colony characteristics were further characterized on the basis of their morphological and biochemical characteristicsenVeterinary science, veterinary public health & epidemiologymethodThesis