Abstract
A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (CR-GNB) in animals. The study involves one hundred eighty-four GNB isolates from 214 samples (faeces, milk, pus, and uterine discharge) from Buffalo (N=112), Cattle (N=50) and, Dog (N=52). Healthy and diseased animals reported to Veterinary Clinical Complex were sampled. Carbapenemase production was evaluated by phenotypic methods and presence of metallo b-lactamase genes was assayed by PCR. We observed a 9.78% overall prevalence of CR-GNB in animal sources. CR-GNB was more frequently recovered from companion animals (19.23%) when compared to livestock (4.93%). IMP (44.4%), VIM (38.8%), and OXA-48 (16.66 %) were the main MBLs observed in the study.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 91-98 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Exploratory Animal and Medical Research |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jun 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Animals
- Antibiotic resistance
- Carbapenem
- Gram-negative bacteria
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Ecology
- General Veterinary
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis