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Prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial resistant of fecal Escherichia coli isolates among pigs on eight farrow-to-finish farms and their production environments in Shandong Province, China.
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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences . Dec2012, Vol. 36 Issue 6, p718-722. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The main objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Escherichia coli isolates in feces of pigs and their production environments on farms. A total of 560 isolates of Escherichia coli, from 112 samples obtained from weaner and finisher pigs, feed, water, and house sparrows on 8 farrow-to-finish farms, were tested for susceptibility to 16 antimicrobials. The prevalence of resistance varied widely (0.0% to 69.5%) among the antimicrobials tested. From the tested swines, 75.75% of the isolates were resistant to one or more antimicrobials. Resistance was significantly more frequent (P = 0.005, P < 0.01) in swine isolates compared to those from feed, water, and sparrows and significantly more frequent (P = 0.007, P < 0.01) in weaner pigs compared to finisher pigs. The findings indicate that resistance to a broad range of antimicrobials was prevalent among fecal E. coli isolates of swine on the study farms. Fortunately, E. coli was not isolated from the feed, water, and house sparrows. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13000128
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 89424085
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1008-446