Abstract: Background: Enterobacteriaceae are Gram-negative, short rods, non-sporulating, facultative anaerobes. This group of organisms include several that cause primary infections of the human gastrointestinal tract. Members of this family are major causes of opportunistic infection (including septicemia, pneumonia, meningitis and urinary tract infections). This study aimed at enumerating isolates belonging to Enterobacteriaceae present in Clariasgariepinus and their culturing water samples. Materials and Methods: An unbiased 8 fish samples with an average weight of 425.5g were randomly collected from an earthen pond in 4 selected fish farm across the four cardinal of Ondo City metropolis. Water samples from the culturing ponds and their sources were.....
Key Words: Bacterial pathogens; food borne; public health; Ondo city; earthen ponds
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