Veterinary Archives, Vol. 78 No. 6, 2008.
Original scientific paper
Multidrug resistant Escherichia coli isolates of poultry origin in Abeokuta, South Western Nigeria
Akinlabi Oladele Ogunleye
; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Mufutau Atanda Oyekunle
; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Adekayode Olanrewaju Sonibare
; Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Abstract
Thirty nine Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolated from septicaemic clinical cases between October 2005 and March 2006 from eleven poultry farms in Abeokuta, South West Nigeria were tested for their in vitro antimicrobial drug sensitivity pattern. The E. coli were isolated from two hundred and fifty samples comprising of intestine, kidneys, lungs, hearts, ovary, spleen and colo-rectum from diseased chickens (mostly commercial layers) submitted for post-mortem examination. Eight of the poultry farms studied disclosed that they had used between 3 to 7 different antimicrobial agents either for treatment, prophylaxis or as growth promoters within the studied period. The result indicated that the 39 E. coli isolates showed nineteen different multidrug-resistant patterns to Nitrofurantoin (100 μg), Cefuroxime (20 μg), Norfloxacin (10 μg), Cotrimoxazole (50 μg), Ciprofloxacin (5 μg), Nalidixic acid (30 μg), Chloramphenicol (10 μg), Ampicillin (10 μg, 25 μg), Ofloxacin (5 μg), Penicillin G (5 i.u), Amoxycillin (20 μg), and Cloxacillin (5 μg, 10 μg) discs that were tested.
Keywords
Escherichia coli; multidrug resistant; poultry
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Publication date:
18.12.2008.
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