Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance of Salmonella Species Isolated from Chicken Liver in Peshawar

Abstract

The study was conducted to analyze the prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Salmonella species in chicken liver. For this purpose, a total of 50 chicken liver samples were randomly collected from different areas of Peshawar and examined for the presence of Salmonella. The prevalence rate of Salmonella was 24%. In our study different antibiotics were used against Salmonella, Ofloxacin which is 83.33% susceptible and 16.66% resistant, Cefixime which is 100 % susceptible, Amoxil which is 33.33% susceptible and 66.66% resistant, Azithromycin which is 100% susceptible, Ceftriaxone which is 83.33% susceptible and 16.66% resistant. All the isolates showed the highest resistance to Amoxycillin and the highest sensitive/ susceptible antibiotic was Cefixime followed by Azithromycin. Similarly, Ofloxacin and Ceftriaxone also showed sensitivity against isolated Salmonella spp. Furthermore, it is one of the reasons that human infections of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella may be due to chicken liver.