Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli infections in diarrhoeic piglets

The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance Escherichia coli infection in diarrhoeic piglets was studied. Sixty-five samples were collected from 10 farms in Penang, Perak and Selangor. Escherichia coli isolated from the samples were subjected to antimicrobial sensitivity test. The results showed th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Loh, Teck Chwen, Lim, H. C., Bahaman, Abdul Rani, Foo, Hooi Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Veterinary Association Malaysia 2006
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41577/1/0001.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41577/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance Escherichia coli infection in diarrhoeic piglets was studied. Sixty-five samples were collected from 10 farms in Penang, Perak and Selangor. Escherichia coli isolated from the samples were subjected to antimicrobial sensitivity test. The results showed that Escherichia coli was highly resistant to oxytetracylcine (100%), nalidixic acid (96.8%), trimethoprim-sulfadimthoxine (95.1 %), chloramphenicol (91.9%), enrofloxacin (90.3 %), ampicilllin (85.5 %), kanamycin (74.2 %) and neomycin (71.3 %). However, Escherichia coli was sensitive to apramycin and colistin sulphate. Most of the Escherichia coli isolates showed multiple resistance to the antimicrobials tested in this study.