“…Using conventional PCR approach, 9 out of 36 of microbiologically Salmonella positive isolates were detected invA-positive in free range chicken which is in agreement with the results of previous studies suggested that PCR amplification of invA gene made a reliable rapid diagnosis of salmonella spp. in the samples compared with samples as evaluated by the traditional cultural and biochemical methods (El-Sharkawy et al, 2017;Siala et al, 2017) in pig, ruminant and chicken (Scholz et al, 2001;Al-Iedani et al, 2015;Akinola et al, 2019;Mkangara et al, 2020). In the present study, the overall rate of Salmonella isolates in the free-range chicken was significantly lower than that of the commercial raised chicken (Harvey et al, 2011;Jajere et al, 2019).…”