Salmonella in Indian ready-to-cook poultry: antibiotic resistance and molecular characterization
The availability and popularity of processed, ready-to-cook (RTC) poultry products are increasing in India.Though fresh poultry is known to be contaminated with Salmonella, the prevalence of this foodborne pathogen in RTC poultry products Coolers is not reported.Eighty-seven chilled and frozen RTC poultry samples of 4 different brands obtained from