This study identified and determined the antibiograms of Salmonella isolates from slaughter cattle in the City abattoir and Uganda meat industries, the two slaughter houses in Kampala district. The detection of Salmonella was carried out in 406 faecal samples using Anti-Salmonella Dyna beads. All Salmonella isolates were examined for antimicrobial resistance to 15 antimicrobials using the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System. Strains of Salmonella were isolated in 5 (1.2%) of the samples. All isolates were resistant to at least 4 antimicrobial drugs including chloramphenicol. Three strains were in addition resistant to four other drugs: ceftiofur, ampicillin, kanamycin and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. While 4 strains were resistant to trimethoptim-sulfamethoxazole, sulfisoxazole and streptomycin. Three isolates were resistant to cefoxitin while an additional strain was resistant to ceftiofur. One isolate each showed reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone or cefoxitin. Shedding of multidrug resistant strains of Salmonella could be associated with misuse of antimicrobials in cattle production and is therefore a public health concern. Thus appropriate drug use control measures should be adopted by cattle keepers if the emerging multidrug resistant Salmonella strains were to be controlled.
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