Table 3.
Results of different biochemical test among culture positive isolates of Salmonella spp. (n = 214).
| Biochemical Tests | Salmonella Gallinarum |
Salmonella Typhimurium |
Salmonella Pullorum |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbohydrate fermentation | ||||
| Glucose | + | + | + | - |
| (Acid) | (Acid and Gas) | (Acid and Gas) | - | |
| Dulcitol | + | + | - | - |
| (Acid) | (Acid) | |||
| Maltose | + | + | ± | - |
| (Acid) | (Acid and Gas) | (Acid and Gas) | ||
| Indole production | - | - | - | - |
| Methyl red test | + | + | + | - |
| Voges-Proskauer test | - | - | - | - |
| Motility | - | + | - | - |
| Total isolates | 199 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
+: Positive; -: Negative.