| prevalence of salmonella in marketed penaeus monodon shrimps in north western province, sri lanka. | the examination of a total of 180 samples from both captured and cultured shrimps from sri lanka for the presence of salmonella revealed an overall prevalence of 12.8%. the prevalence of salmonella in captured shrimps and cultured shrimps was 14.4% and 11.1% respectively, but thedifference was not statistically significant (p = 0.66). the serovar most frequently isolated was s. newport (47.8% of the isolates), followed by s. weltevreden (8.7%). | 2008 | 19086691 |