Veterinary Archives, Vol. 69 No. 4, 1999.
Original scientific paper
Antibiograms of thermophilic Campylobacter and Salmonella species isolated from stray and pet animals and wildlife on Trinidad.
Abiodun Adesiyun
; School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Abstract
Campylobacter species isolated from wildlife (free-ranging or confined), stray and pet animals, and Salmonella spp. recovered from wildlife, were tested for their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents. Of the 191 isolates of Campylobacter tested, comprising 186 and 5 strains of C. jejuni and C. coli respectively, 21 (11.0%) exhibited resistance to one or more of the 6 antimicrobial agents tested. Resistance was highest to ampicillin (7.9%) and lowest to gentamicin and chloramphenicol (0.0%). Resistance to antimicrobial agents was highest among Campylobacter isolates from agouti (42.9%) and stray dogs (26.2%). Among the 54 Salmonella isolates tested, 50 (92.6%) each were resistant to tetracycline and streptomycin, 47 (87.0%) to nalidixic acid, 35 (64.8%) to kanamycin and 26 (48.1%) to neomycin. It was concluded that resistance to antimicrobial agents tested was low among Campylobacter isolates but comparatively very high among Salmonella isolates.
Keywords
Campylobacter; Salmonella; wildlife; antibiogram; Trinidad
Hrčak ID:
117724
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Publication date:
22.9.1999.
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