Table 1.
Antibiotic resistance levels in the E. coli isolates.
| Origin | No. of Tested Isolates |
Number of Resistant Isolates (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMP | CTX | CAZ | CIP | NA | C | CN | S | TE | ||
| Box bottoms One-day old |
68 | 68 (100) | 28 (41.2) | 7 (10.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 (57.4) | 45 (66.2) | 67(98.5) |
| Feces | ||||||||||
| Pullets | 90 | 72 (80) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 (10) | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 7 (7.8) | 63 (70) |
| Adults | 80 | 59 (73.8) | 3 (3.8) | 2 (2.5) | 2 (2.5) | 9 (11.3) | 3 (3.8) | 0 | 36 (40) | 45 (56.3) |
| % of resistant isolates | 76.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 10.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 23.9 | 63.1 | |
| Boot swabs | ||||||||||
| Pullets | 80 | 42 (52.5) | 4 (5) | 1 (1.3) | 2 (2.5) | 15 (18.8) | 6 (7.5) | 7 (8.8) | 4 (5) | 11 (13.8) |
| Adults | 65 | 45 (69.2) | 5 (7.7) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (1.5) | 21(32.3) | 6 (9.2) | 0 | 13 (20) | 34 (52.3) |
| % of resistant isolates | 60.9 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 25.6 | 8.4 | 4.4 | 12.5 | 33.1 | |
| TOTAL % of resistant isolates | 74.7 | 10.4 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 14.1 | 3.9 | 12.5 | 27.4 | 57.4 | |
AMP—ampicillin; CTX—cefotaxime; CAZ—ceftazidime; CIP—ciprofloxacin; NA—nalidixic acid; C—chloramphenicol; CN—gentamicin; S—streptomycin; TE—tetracycline.