Table 1.
Prevalence and resistance profiles of E. coli and Salmonella spp. isolated from turkeys.
| Microorganism | Categories | Prevalence | Antibiotic Resistance Pattern (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEV | E | GEN | C | CIP | S | IMP | MEM | TE | |||
| E. coli | Healthy | 30 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
| (100) | (13.33) | (100) | (0) | (0) | (56.67) | (13.33) | (0) | (100) | (13.33) | ||
| Diseased | 25 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 25 | |
| (100) | (44) | (100) | (36) | (44) | (80) | (20) | (0) | (40) | (100) | ||
| p-value (Healthy vs. Diseased) | N/C | 0.011 | N/C | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.066 | 0.716 | N/C | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Salmonella spp. | Healthy | 11 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| (36.67) | (18.18) | (100) | (45.45) | (54.54) | (54.54) | (36.36) | (36.36%) | (63.63) | (100) | ||
| Diseased | 16 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| (64) | (25) | (100) | (0) | (12.5) | (37.5) | (12.5) | (25%) | (25) | (100) | ||
| p-value (Healthy vs. Diseased) | 0.043 | 1.000 | N/C | 0.006 | 0.033 | 0.438 | 0.187 | 0.675 | 0.061 | N/C | |
A p-value less than 0.05 was deemed to be statistically significant; N/C, not computed; E. coli, Escherichia coli; LEV, Levofloxacin; E, Erythromycin; GEN, Gentamicin; C, Chloramphenicol; CIP, Ciprofloxacin; S, Streptomycin; IMP, Imipenem; MEM, Meropenem; TE, Tetracycline.