RT Journal T1 STUDIES ON THE ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY PATTERN OF ISOLATES OF P. MULTOCIDA FROM BUFFALOES A1 M. Kamran A1 M. U. D. Ahmad A1 A. A. Anjum A1 A. Maqbool A1 K. Muhammad A1 M. Nawaz A1 N.U. Hudda A1 S. Sana A1 M. A. Ali JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JO JAPS SN 1018-7081 VO 24 IS 5 SP 1565 OP 1568 YR 2014 FD 2014/10/01 DO DOI NA AB

Antibiotic susceptibility patternof Pasteurella multocida causing hemorrhagic septicemia in buffaloes was determined. The Pasteurella multocida (n=11) were isolated from healthy (04) and diseased buffaloes (07) of four districts of Sargodha division. Isolates were identified by cultural, biochemical and serological characteristics, and confirmed by specie specific polymerase chain reaction. All isolates were subjected to antibiotic susceptibility testing against gentamicin, erythromycin, amoxicillin, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, enrofloxacin, sulfadiazine and amikacin by disc diffusion method. Results revealed that P. multocida were highly sensitive to enrofloxacin (90.91 %) followed by gentamicin, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin (72.73%). Susceptibility of P. multocida isolates was low against ampicillin and amoxicillin (45.45%), amikacin (36.36%), sulfadiazine (18.18%) and erythromycin (18.18%). It was concluded that quinolones (enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin) are better choice for the treatment of hemorrhagic septicemia as the level of resistance in P. multocida against the macrolides, sulfa drugs and beta lactams has increased enormously.

K1 Hemorrhagic septicemia, Pasteurella multocida, Buffalo, Antibiotic susceptibility, Quinolones PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2014-JAPS-222