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. 2021 Mar 11;100(7):101118. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101118

Table 7.

Sensitivity of Enterobacteriaceae strains isolated from the cecum and cloaca of broiler chickens at d 42 to chemotherapeutic agents %.1

Treatments2
Agent Control CAM.IR FLA.IR SUN.IR P-value
Cecum
Chloramphenicol (30 µg/mL)3
S 70 90 70 93
MS 13 0 30 0 0.281
R 17 10 0 7
Tetracycline (30 IU)3
S 27 17 13 17
MS 50 53 60 53 0.954
R 23 30 27 30
Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole (1.25 + 23.75 µg/mL)3
S 87 0 7 7
MS 0 30 60 17 0.032
R 13 70 33 76
Streptomycin (10 IU)3
S 30 3 0 0
MS 0 10 0 0 0.327
R 70 87 100 100
Nitrofurantoin (300 IU)3
S 100 100 100 100
MS 0 0 0 0 1.000
R 0 0 0 0
Ampicillin (10 µg/mL)3
S 17 27 0 0
MS 53 50 20 70 0.093
R 30 23 80 30
Cloaca
Chloramphenicol (30 µg/mL)3
S 70 83 77 70
MS 0 17 23 27 0.079
R 30 0 0 3
Tetracycline (30 IU)3
S 26 27 50 7
MS 47 46 40 60 0.054
R 27 27 10 33
Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole (1.25 + 23.75 µg/mL)3
S 90 3 13 3
MS 0 27 57 27 0.029
R 10 70 30 70
Streptomycin (10 IU)3
S 10 7 0 0
MS 10 3 0 0 0.514
R 80 90 100 100
Nitrofurantoin (300 IU)3
S 53 100 100 100
MS 47 0 0 0 0.037
R 0 0 0 0
Ampicillin (10 µg/mL)3
S 13 17 0 0
MS 77 50 23 60 0.085
R 10 33 77 40

Abbreviations: S, sensitive; MS, medium sensitive; R, resistant.

1

Data represent the mean of 5 broiler chickens per treatment.

2

Control – diet without micronized oilseeds. CAM.IR – diet with 15% of micronized camelina seeds. FLA.IR - with 15% of micronized flax seeds. SUN.IR – diet with 15% of micronized sunflower seeds.

3

Concentration of the chemotherapeutic on the disk.