Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-2 | Issue-07 | 236-242
Original Research Article
Prevalence Rate and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Salmonella Spp. Isolated From Broiler Chicken Collected from Different Market Areas of Sylhet Region Bangladesh
Ziaul Faruqe Joy, Rushan Ahmed Abir, Mohammad Zahangir Alam, S M Abu Sayem
Published : Oct. 30, 2017
Abstract
Salmonellosis still remains as one of the major threat for poultry industry
as well as public health in Bangladesh. Poultry is regarded as one of the most
common reservoirs of Salmonella and contamination of poultry products can occur
during any stage of poultry production. The current study was designed to identify
Salmonella prevalence rate in broiler chickens and the antimicrobial susceptibility
pattern of Salmonella spp. isolated from broiler chicken guts. A total of 320 bacterial
colonies were isolated from broiler guts collected from 5 different markets of Sylhet
city, Bangladesh, during January and February of the year 2017. The samples were
subjected for isolation and identification of Salmonella spp.and through a series of
morphological and biochemical observations, 14.37% of the isolates were identified
as Salmonella. Antimicrobial sensitivity test was done against 8 commonly found
antibiotics in chicken carcasses. Salmonella strains were found to be completely
resistant against Ampicillin (100%). The frequency of antibiotic resistance ranked in
the following order: Erythromycin (97.82%), Tetracycline (84.78%), Polymyxin B
(73.91%), Co-trimoxazole (58.7%), Neomycin (13.04%) and Ciprofloxacin (6.52%).
However, Salmonella isolates showed considerably greater sensitivity against
Gentamycin (95.64%) and Ciprofloxacin (80.43%). Multidrug resistance was found
to be present in all the isolates which is alarming for poultry business and consumer
as well.