African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Antimicrobial susceptibilities of avian Escherichia coli isolates in Tabriz, Iran

  Afshin Zakeri* and Pedram Kashefi        
Poultry Section, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 23 January 2012
  •  Published: 06 March 2012

Abstract

 

Colibacillosis is a poultry disease of economic importance in Iran and all around the world. The aim of this study is to test the antibiotic sensitivity of Escherichia colistrains which were isolated in Tabriz. A total of 100 E. coli strains isolated from aviancolibacillosis of 50 farms from 2008 to 2009 in Tabriz, were investigated for antimicrobial susceptibility. Antimicrobial resistance of isolates was found for enrofloxacin (23%) and cefalexin (26%) as less resistant antibiotics and erythromycin (100%) and tetracycline (99%) as more resistant antibiotics.

 

Key words: Colibacillosis, Escherichia coli, Tabriz, antimicrobial susceptibility.

Abbreviation

APEC, Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli.

Copyright © 2024 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article.

This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0

Back to Vol. 11 No. 19
Back to articles
  • Articles on Google by:
SUBSCRIBE TO RSS
SUBMIT MANUSCRIPT
CONFERENCES