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Drug Resistance and R Plasmids in Escherichia coliStrains Isolated from Broilers
- Source :
- Microbiology and Immunology; June 1983, Vol. 27 Issue: 6 p471-478, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 1983
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Abstract
- In 1978, 1,021 Escherichia colistrains were isolated from 105 field broilers (F) and 1,058 strains from 106 broilers in a zootechnical experiment station (Z), and their drug‐resistance patterns and the presence of conjugative R plasmids were compared. The resistance markers examined were tetracycline (TC), chloramphenicol (CM), streptomycin (SM), sulfonamides (SA), kanamycin (KM), and ampicillin (APC). The populations of individuals that excreted resistant strains were 100% in F and 58% in Z. Frequencies of isolation of drug‐resistant strains among the total isolates were 93% in F and 36% in Z, indicating that the resistant strains are a rather high proportion of the intestinal flora in F but are slightly less prevalent in Z. The resistance pattern to (TC.SM.SA.KM) was seen at the highest frequency in both groups. Conjugative R plasmids were demonstrated more frequently in field broilers (F). The results reflect the wide use of antibiotics in the livestock industry, resulting in the appearance of drug‐resistant strains mostly due to the presence of R plasmids.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03855600 and 13480421
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs31452779
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.1983.tb00606.x