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. 2024 Jan 24;10:1328552. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1328552

Table 2.

Resistance rates of enterococcal isolates in complete feed and feed ingredient samples.

No. (%) of resistant isolates
Animal feed type No. of isolates Tetracycline Erythromycin Tylosin Lincomycin Gentamicin Kanamycin Ciprofloxacin
Complete feed 35 2 (5.7) 9 (25.7) 1 (2.9) 1 (2.9) 0 13 (37.1) 1 (2.9)
Feed ingredients 99 6 (6.1) 24 (24.2) 1 (1.0) 2 (2.0) 1 (1.0) 22 (22.2) 0
Soybean meal 40 2 (5.0) 12 (30.0) 1 (2.5) 1 (2.5) 0 13 (32.5) 0
Fish meal 38 2 (5.3) 10 (26.3) 0 1 (2.6) 0 7 (18.4) 0
Poultry meal 15 2 (13.3) 0 0 0 1 (6.7) 2 (13.3) 0
Meat and bone meal 6 0 2 (33.3) 0 0 0 0 0
Total (%) 134 8 (6.0) 33 (24.6) 2 (1.5) 3 (2.2) 1 (0.8) 35 (26.1) 1 (0.8)

All Enterococcus spp. exhibited susceptibility to ampicillin, vancomycin, and chloramphenicol.