Abstract
resistance to majority of antimicrobial agents used during the course of study including ampicillin (82.6%), cephradine (78.2%), cefotaxime (56.61%), cefixime (65.23%), ciprofloxacin (26%), ofloxacine (21.7%), and gentamycin (100%). Whereas the Salmonella typhi were noticed as resistant to amoxicillin (100%), ampicillin (55.5%), cephradin (66.6%), cefotaxime (66.6%), cefixime (66.6%), ciprofloxacin (22.2%), ofloxacine (33.3%) and gentamycin (100%). About 65% of E. coli and 78% of Salmonella typhi isolates were observed as resistant to more than three antimicrobial agents. We concluded that both water tanks and drinkers of all the three commercial broiler farms were contaminated with multiresistant E. coli and S. typhi and were considered to ultimately get transferred in other animals and human. Standard water purification strategies should be adopted to prevent pathogen contamination.
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