Monitoring of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacteria Isolated from Poultry Farms from 2014 to 2018

Abstract

The current situation of antibiotic resistance of most bacterial pathogens was a threat to the poultry and public health with increasing economic losses. Regarding this problem, monitoring of the circulating microorganisms occurred with the antibiotic resistance profile. A total of 657 different samples from internal organs (liver, heart, lung, and yolk) and paper-lining chick boxes were collected from native chicken farms which were submitted to the Reference Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production in the period from 2014 to 2018 for the detection of <i>Salmonella</i>, <i>Escherichia coli</i> (<i>E</i>. <i>coli)</i>, and <i>Staphylococcus</i>. The bacterial isolates were tested for their antimicrobial susceptibility by disk diffusion technique. <i>Salmonella</i> was isolated from 128 out of 657 (19.5%), <i>E</i>. <i>coli</i> was isolated from 496 out of 657 (75.5%), and <i>Staphylococcus</i> species was isolated from 497 out of 657 (75.6%). All <i>Salmonella</i> positive samples were examined for antibiotic resistance against 10 different antibiotics, and the highest percentage all over the five years was against penicillin, ampicillin, and tetracycline. All E. <i>coli</i> positive samples were examined for antibiotic resistance against 14 different antibiotics, and the highest percentage all over the five years was with ampicillin, tetracycline, norfloxacin, streptomycin, and danofloxacin. All <i>Staphylococcus</i> positive sample species were examined for antibiotic resistance against 14 different antibiotics, and the highest percentage of resistance all over the five years was shown with tetracycline, streptomycin, ampicillin, and nalidixic acid.