Drug resistance of Escherichia coli strains isolated from poultry
Giurov, B.; Korudzhiĭski, N.; Bineva, I.
Veterinarno-Meditsinski Nauki 18(8): 12-18
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0324-1068 PMID: 7041413 Document Number: 182210
Studied was the sensitivity of a total of 143 strains of Escherichia coli, isolated from young birds and broilers died from coli septicaemia, to antibiotics and chemotherapeutics. The following descending order was established: gentamycin, carbenicillin, ampicillin, furazolidon, borgal, kanamycin, strep tomycin, chloramphenicol, neomycin sulphathiazole, and tetracycline. Markers of resistance were established with all strains with regard to the therapeutic agents in current and prospective use in industrial poultry farming. It is stated that a preliminary antibiogram is indispensable in order to obtain dependable results in the treatment of animals affected with colibacteriosis. An alternative is to apply directly those drugs to which the strains have shown highest sensitivity.