Investigating the Bacteriological Contamination after Artificial
Insemination in Early, Mid and Late Production Period in Broiler
Breeder
Farhan Farooq1, Aayesha Riaz2, Zaib Ur Rehman1,
Arfan Yousaf3, Javid Iqbal4, Tanveer Ahmad5 and
Nasir Mukhtar5*
1Department
of Poultry Sciences, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
Pakistan
2Department
of Parasitology & Microbiology, PMAS Arid Agriculture University
Rawalpindi Pakistan
3Department
of Clinical Studies, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
Pakistan
4University
of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan (TTS Campus)
5Department
of Livestock Production and Management, PMAS Arid Agriculture
University Rawalpindi Pakistan
*Corresponding author:
nmukhtar@uaar.edu.pk;dr_farhanf@hotmail.com
Abstract
The present study was designed to investigate the impact of breeding methods
like artificial insemination (AI) vs natural mating (NM) and body weight
variations on bacterial contamination and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in
broiler breeders. Ross-308 broiler
breeder hens (n=3000) and males (n=255) were selected for this study. Out of
those 255 male birds 150 (10%) were selected for natural mating and 105 (7% of
hens) for artificial insemination groups.
Both male and female groups were further subdivided into three weight categories
sub-groups; underweight (UW), standard weight (SW) and overweight (OW). Fifteen
(3%) hens out of 500 hens from each weight group were randomly selected and
slaughtered to get
samples for bacteriological and molecular analysis. A total 18.89% and 35.92%
samples were found positive for
Salmonella and E. coli
respectively. Results revealed that the bacteria like Salmonella
pullorum-gallinarum and E. coli were found significantly higher in AI
groups as compared to NM groups. It was also found that at late life cycle (60th
week of age), the presence of Mycoplasma
gallisepticum (MG), Mycoplasma
synoviae (MS), Salmonella
pollurum-gallinarum, and E. coli were significantly higher than that
of lower age groups. The results also indicated that there is a comparatively
lesser chance of MG, MS, E. coli, and Salmonella
pollurum-gallinarum at the 30th week of age as compared to 45th
and 60th weeks of age. On the basis of antibiotic sensitivity testing
results; Oflaxacine and colistin were found susceptible among 23 tested
antibiotics. In conclusion, it was observed that the chance of bacterial
contamination increases with the increase of age in AI groups.
To Cite This Article:
Farooq F, Riaz A, Rehman ZU, Yousaf A, Iqbal J, Ahmad T and Mukhtar N, 2022.
Investigating the bacteriological contamination after artificial insemination in
early, mid and late production period in broiler breeder. Pak Vet J.
http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2022.068