Theme: antimicrobial use and resistance in food-producing animals

Antimicrobial resistance prevalence of pathogenic and commensal Escherichia coli in food-producing animals in Belgium

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Abstract

In this article, detailed studies on antimicrobial resistance to commensal E. coli (in pigs, meatproducing bovines, broiler chickens and veal calves) and pathogenic E. coli (in pigs and bovines) in Belgium are presented for 2011. Broiler chicken and veal calf isolates of commensal E. coli demonstrated higher antimicrobial resistance prevalence than isolates from pigs and bovines. Fifty percent of E. coli isolates from broiler chickens were resistant to at least five antimicrobials, whereas sixty-one percent of bovine E. coli isolates were susceptible to all antimicrobials tested. On the other hand, bovine pathogenic E. coli isolates showed an extended resistance profile with more than half of the isolates being resistant to ten or more antimicrobials. The results are not significantly different from the results from previously published studies on commensal bacteria in pigs in Belgium, although different methodologies of sampling and susceptibility testing were used.

How to Cite:

Chantziaras, I. & Dewulf, J. & Boyen, F. & Callens, B. & Butaye, P., (2014) “Antimicrobial resistance prevalence of pathogenic and commensal Escherichia coli in food-producing animals in Belgium”, Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift 83(5), 225-233. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.v83i5.16634