OCCURRENCE OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT BACTERIA IN DOGS SUFFERING FROM ENTERITIS - 1I. Habib; 1A. A. Anjum; 2M. Rabbani; 3M.U.D. Ahmad; 1M. A. Ali; 1M. Nawaz; 1 M. Kamran; 4H. M. Khan (Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 2016)
Aim of the present study was to isolate bacteria from feacal material of dogs suffering from enteritis and determine their antibiotic resistance pattern. Fecal samples (n=100) were collected from dogs presented at Pet Clinic of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore with symptoms of enteritis.. A total of 210 different bacterial isolates were selected and identified as E. coli (127; 60.47%), Salmonella spp. (50; 23.81%), Proteus vulgaris (12; 5.71%), Citrobacter spp. (17; 8.09%) and Pseudomonas spp. (04; 1.90%). E. coli were moderately resistant to ampicillin (59.65%) followed by tetracycline (54.33%), kanamycin (52.75%), gentamycin (49.60%), vibramycin (46.45%), ceftriaxone (44.88%), norfloxacin (30.70%) and ciprofloxacin (25.98%). Salmonellae werealso moderately resistant to ampicillin (42%), followed by gentamycin (38%), kanamycin (30%), tetracycline (28%), cepharadine (20%), ceftriaxone (16%), vibramycin (14%), ciprofloxacin (12%) and norfloxacin (8%). All the isolates were sensitive to amikacin. The isolates found resistant to more than two antibiotics were declared as multiple drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. Out of 127 E. coli isolates, 52 (40.94%) were multiple drug resistant bacteria, followed by Salmonella enterica isolates 17(34.00%), Citrobacter diversus 06 (35.29%), Proteus vulgaris 06 (50%). It is concluded that multiple drug resistance is present in gut pathogens of dogs which may be alarming for public health as well.
Keywords: journal article; Dogs; enteritis; Salmonella; E. coli and multiple drug resistance