Volume: 54 Issue: 4
Year: 2023, Page: 927-933, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.4.927-933
Received: Dec. 22, 2022 Accepted: March 28, 2023 Published: Dec. 31, 2023
A study was conducted to determine the antibiogram of Escherichia coli isolated from cases of neonatal calf diarrhoea in Thrissur and Wayanad districts of Kerala. A total of 101 isolates were tested for susceptibility against 12 antibiotics. The antibiotics to which the isolates were most susceptible were Streptomycin (49.51%) and Chloramphenicol (47%). The isolates showed varying degrees of susceptibility to the other antibiotics tested such as Enrofloxacin (8.92%), Ciprofloxacin (15.85%), Gentamicin (23.77%), Tetracycline (20.8%), Amoxicillin/sulbactam (8.92%), Co-trimoxazole (20.8%), and Nitrofuratonin (25.75%). All the isolates were resistant to Cefpodoxime, Penicillin G and Cefotaxime/Clavulanic acid. Many of the isolates were found to be multi-drug resistant which has serious implications for the control of these infections through antibiotic therapy.
Keywords: Antibiogram, Escherichia coli, neonatal calf diarrhoea, multi-drug resistance
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Baby, S., Ravishankar, C., John, K., Mini, M., Ajithkumar, S. and David, P.V. 2023. Antibiogram of Escherichia coli isolates obtained from cases of neonatal calf diarrhoea in Kerala. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 54(4):927-933