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Escherichia coli , Salmonella spp., and Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to antimicrobials of human and veterinary importance in poultry sector of India
Author(s) -
Saharan Vijay Veer,
Verma Preeti,
Singh Arvind Pratap
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/jfs.12742
Subject(s) - salmonella , veterinary medicine , context (archaeology) , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotic resistance , poultry farming , multiple drug resistance , biology , antimicrobial , drug resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , medicine , bacteria , genetics , paleontology
In India, little attention has been paid on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the context of developing “One Health” approach. Hence, utilizing multi‐disciplinary approach, we assess the AMR level and dynamics/pattern of multi‐drug resistance (MDR) in Escherichia coli , Salmonella spp., and Staphylococcus aureus circulating over the different stages of poultry in India. A total of 342 isolates including E. coli ( n = 143), Salmonella spp. ( n = 104), and S. aureus ( n = 95) were recovered from fecal ( n = 80) and cecal ( n = 80) samples of chicken, collected across the different poultry‐retail shops and poultry‐farms located at urban and rural areas of Rajasthan, India, respectively. High rates of AMR to drugs that are critically/highly important both in human and veterinary medicine were observed among all the isolates. Upward trends in AMR prevalence was observed in poultry‐retail shops than in poultry‐farms. Notably, >90% of all the isolates were MDR, of particular, pattern/prevalence of MDR was substantially varied across the poultry‐farms vs. poultry‐retail shops. Our results indicate AMR including MDR to be common in E. coli , Salmonella spp., and S. aureus distributed frequently in poultry. The study encourages the formulation of national policy, programmes and further research with a “One Health” approach that can benefits to the human/animal and the environment.