[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIBIOGRAM OF PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI RECOVERED FROM BROILER CHICKEN, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Al-Arfaj",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Hessain",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Hemeg",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Mohamed",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Moussa",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2015]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "25",
  "issue": "6",
  "page": "1540-1542",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>&nbsp;Present study was conducted on 200 fecal samples of broilers chickens suffering from colisepticemia from poultry farms in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.&nbsp;<em>Escherichia coli&nbsp;</em>strains were isolated from 88 (44%) samples. Out of&nbsp;<em>E. coli</em>&nbsp;strains, 79 (89.77%)belonged to O126: K71, O158: K-, O114: K90, O111: K58, O78: K80 and O119: K69. Whereas, O126: K71, O158: K- and O114: K90 were the most prevalent. The antibiotic sensitivity pattern showed that all isolates were totally resistant to ampicillin. chloramphenicol and streptomycin (100%). Resistance against erythromycin and naldixic acid reached 81.01 % and was recorded in 20 strains O126: K71, 17 strains O158: K-, 15 strains O114: K90, 12 strains O111: K58, and decrease to 78.48% against ciprofloxacin in O126: K71, O114: K90, O111: K58, O78: K80 and O119: K69 strains. It should note that the recovered isolates were 84.81% intermediate to cephalexin and 53.16% sensitive gentamycin. This study highlights the high resistance of&nbsp;<em>E. coli&nbsp;</em>to antibiotics constitutes a threat to poultry industry in Saudi Arabia and the need for continuous surveillance of antibiotic sensitivity pattern of&nbsp;<em>E. coli</em> with a view to selecting appropriate therapy.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2015-JAPS-207"
}]