الملخص

This study was conducted to determine contamination of meat (cow, sheep) by salmonella in AL-anbar province to however isolation of sarnonella from meat overed in some shopes of meat and to know the Species of salmonella finally their sensitivities to some antibiotics. Atolal oflSO samples of meat (cow , sheep) were randomly collected during the period from June 2002 to February 2003. The results of study showed that the total number of isolates for meat is 11 isolated which represent 6,1 %, species of .£_ typhimurinm, S,_ anaturn, S, arizona. The results of isolates showed high percentage in July then June, August, September, then October, December, there is no isolation in November, January. The results of this study revealed that species of salmonella were resistant with a high percentage 85% to ciprofloxacin and lesser that 50% to tetracycline while susceptibility 90% to cephalexin and lesser that 50% to streptomycin.