Veterinary Archives, Vol. 76 No. 2, 2006.
Original scientific paper
Occurrence of Salmonella enterica, subspecies enterica serovar Berta (Salmonella Berta) in bovine calves, in Himachal Pradesh, India
Kul Bhushan Nagal
Rajinder Kumar Mandial
Ramesh Chand Katoch
Rajesh Chahota
Abstract
Salmonellosis is an important zoonotic disease of economic significance. It infects both man and animals alike around the globe. Salmonella enterica, subspecies enterica serovar Berta (9,12 : f, g, t : -) was isolated from three out of five blood samples of 3-6-month-old ailing calves. The isolates were sensitive to ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, ofloxacin and moderately sensitive to gentamicin, lomefloxacin, oxytetracyclines, tetracyclines, but refractory to ampicillin and penicillin. Treatment with enrofloxacin resulted in cent per cent recovery. The infection might have been picked up by calves from poultry birds reared in the same premises.
Keywords
enrofloxacin; Jersey cross-bred calves; Salmonella Berta
Hrčak ID:
5071
URI
Publication date:
20.4.2006.
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