Korean J Vet Res.  2017 Sep;57(3):189-195. 10.14405/kjvr.2017.57.3.189.

Patterns of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from fresh and recycled poultry litter

Affiliations
  • 1College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea. sunghw@kangwon.ac.kr
  • 2Avian Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gimcheon 39660, Korea.
  • 3College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea.

Abstract

The isolation rate of Escherichia (E.) coli in poultry litter was investigated at 44 broiler farms, 20 that used fresh litter and 24 that used recycled litter. The patterns of resistance to antibiotics of the E. coli isolates were compared. In litter sampled before the rearing period, the isolation rate of E. coli was higher at farms that used fresh litter; E. coli was present in the litter in 94.5% (35 out of 37 flocks tested) of the farms that used fresh litter vs. 51.2% (21 out of 41 flocks) of the farms that used recycled litter. The susceptibility of the 93 isolates of E. coli to 13 antibiotics was studied. Before the rearing period, E. coli isolates from the farms that recycled litter showed higher resistance rates than isolates from farms that replaced litter with fresh litter. Comparing the antibiotic resistance patterns of isolates from litter sampled before and at the end of the rearing period, the antibiotic resistance rates at the end of the rearing period increased dramatically compared with rates before the rearing period.

Keyword

Escherichia coli; antibiotic resistance; broiler farms; poultry litter

MeSH Terms

Agriculture
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Drug Resistance, Microbial*
Escherichia coli*
Escherichia*
Poultry*
Anti-Bacterial Agents
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