Evaluation of Antibiotic Resistance Profile and
Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Index in Avian Adapted
Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum Isolates
Rida Haroon Durrani1,†, Ali Ahmad
Sheikh1,*, Muhammad Humza2,†, Salman Ashraf1,
Aleena Kokab1, Tauqeer Mahmood4 and Muhammad
Umar Zafar Khan3,**
1Institute
of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of
Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan; 2Key
Laboratory of Agro-products Quality and Safety Control in Storage
and Transport Process, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs/Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; 3Institute
of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of
Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan; 4Poultry
Research Institute, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan *Corresponding author:
ali.ahmad@uvas.edu.pk (Ali Ahmad Sheikh*); umar.zafarkhan@uaf.edu.pk
(M Umar Zafar Khan**)
Abstract
The emergence of antibiotic resistance owing to the
imprudent use of antibiotics in food-producing animals has been associated with
huge costs and threats, particularly in countries with comparable farming
practices like Pakistan. The present study evaluated the efficacy of 10
antibiotics using their standard concentrations against
Salmonellaenterica subsp.
enterica serovar Gallinarum biovar
Gallinarum and Pullorum from three districts of Punjab province in Pakistan.
Surprisingly, 66.7% of the isolates were resistant to the β-lactam potentiator,
amoxicillin-clavulanate. On the contrary, 23.3% and 33% of the isolates were
resistant to the two III-generation aminobenzyl penicillins, amoxicillin and
ampicillin, respectively. 56.6% of isolates were found to be resistant to the
II-generation aminoglycoside Gentamicin, and 100% resistance was observed
against Nalidixic Acid, Ciprofloxacin, or Levofloxacin. A high degree of
susceptibility to Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim and Doxycycline was observed.
The antibiotics exhibited statistical significance, via correlation and cluster
analysis. Conclusively, the study reports the multitude of multidrug resistance
in host-adapted Salmonella, emphasizing the importance of continued research and
monitoring into the use of antibiotics in agro-food animals on a national level.
To Cite This Article:
Durrani RH, Sheikh AA, Humza, M, Ashraf S, Kokab
A, Mahmood T and Khan MUZ, 2024. Evaluation of antibiotic resistance profile and
multiple antibiotic resistance index in avian adapted
Salmonellaenterica
serovar Gallinarum isolates. Pak Vet J. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2024.253