A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT ESCHERICHIA COLI NON-0157 ISOLATED FROM CATTLE IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

Authors

  • J. A. Musa Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
  • H. M. Kazeem Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
  • M. A. Raji Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
  • N. M. Useh Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjvm.v10i1-2.15647

Keywords:

Antimicrobial sensitivity, Escherichia coli, cattle, Nigeria

Abstract

A total of two hundred and forty (240) faecal samples were obtained from apparently healthy (233) and diarrhoeic (7) cattle in 8 randomly selected commercial farms in Kaduna State, Nigeria.  Presumptive E. coli colonies from 76 (31.2 %) faecal samples were confirmed based on standard procedure. Characterization of isolates revealed three heterogeneous serogroups (O111, O118 and O126) from 6 apparently healthy cattle, while no E. coli serogroup was isolated from diarrhoeic cattle. Six (6) non-O157 serogroups obtained from cattle faeces were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility. The antimicrobial susceptibility test indicated that isolates from cattle faeces were 100 % resistant to nitrofurantoin, amoxicillin and cefuroxime, and 100 % sensitive to ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin. The study confirmed cattle as important source of antibiotic-resistant enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Kaduna state, Nigeria.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjvm.v10i1-2.15647

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Published

2013-07-09

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1-2 (2012)

Section

Ruminant Medicine