Isolation of Salmonella Spp in ‘Wara’ (Local Cheese) from Three Different Locations in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Three samples of wara(local cheese) were collected from three different locations in Ado- Ekiti, Ekiti-State. Bacteria species were
isolated from the samples. In the analysis, the total plate count for each of the samples was 2.67 x 106 CFU/g for sample A, 2.76 x 106 CFU/g. For sample B and 2.72 x106 CFU/g in sample C. the total salmonella count was 2.14 x 106 CFU/g for sample A, 2.03 x106 CFU/g for sample B and 2.11 x 106 CFU/g in sample C. also, 4 different types of bacterial were obtained from the isolates. These include Salmonella spp. With occurrence of 12 (60%), Klebsiella spp with occurrence of 2(10%), Lactobacillus spp with occurrence of 1(5%) and Escherichia coli with occurrence of 5(25%) The isolated Salmonella spp precisely was tested against eight different types of antibiotics which 9(77%) were resistance to ceftazidine, 4(34%) were resistance to cefuroxine, 7(64%) were resistance, to cefotaxine, 10(87%) were resistance to amoxicillin, 5(41%) were resistance to augmentin and gentamycin, ofloxacin and nitrofurantoin showed no resistance to the Salmonella isolates.