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Occurrence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Chicken Flocks

Abdalla G.M. Zafir, Abdalmonim Almardi, Salem M.S. Alorfi, Abdulsalam Saleh, Randa M. Hamad.

Abstract
The current study aimed to determine the occurrence and antibiotic resistance pattern profile of some Enterococcus isolates recovered from chicken flocks as well as detection of vanA gene representative for vancomycin resistant enterococci. A total of 150 cloacal swabs were collected from chicken flocks including broilers and layers flocks (75 samples per each) from apparently healthy birds. The obtained results clarified that the overall isolation rate of enterococci in examined chicken flocks was 17.3% (20 isolates out of 150 cloacal swabs) and the isolation rates were 9.33 and 17.33% in broilers and layers flocks, respectively. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed against 8 antibiotics discs using disk diffusion method. Results of molecular characterization of 20 Enterococcus isolates recovered from chicken samples showed that all isolates were positive for presence of Enterococcus 16S rRNA and E. faecalis 16S rRNA, while only 8 isolates were positive for presence of vanA gene representative for vancomycin resistant enterococci.

Key words: Enterococcus faecalis, Chicken, Isolation Molecular Identification


 
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Zafir AG, Almardi A, Alorfi SM, Saleh A, Hamad RM. Occurrence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Chicken Flocks. AJVS. 2023; 76(1): 14-22. doi:10.5455/ajvs.93433

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Zafir AG, Almardi A, Alorfi SM, Saleh A, Hamad RM. Occurrence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Chicken Flocks. https://www.alexjvs.com/?mno=93433 [Access: February 25, 2023]. doi:10.5455/ajvs.93433

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Zafir AG, Almardi A, Alorfi SM, Saleh A, Hamad RM. Occurrence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Chicken Flocks. AJVS. 2023; 76(1): 14-22. doi:10.5455/ajvs.93433


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Zafir AG, Almardi A, Alorfi SM, Saleh A, Hamad RM. Occurrence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Chicken Flocks. AJVS. (2023), [cited February 25, 2023]; 76(1): 14-22. doi:10.5455/ajvs.93433


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Zafir, A. G., Almardi, . A., Alorfi, . S. M., Saleh, . A. & Hamad, . R. M. (2023) Occurrence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Chicken Flocks. AJVS, 76 (1), 14-22. doi:10.5455/ajvs.93433


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Zafir, Abdalla G.M., Abdalmonim Almardi, Salem M.S. Alorfi, Abdulsalam Saleh, and Randa M. Hamad. 2023. Occurrence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Chicken Flocks. Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 76 (1), 14-22. doi:10.5455/ajvs.93433


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Zafir, Abdalla G.M., Abdalmonim Almardi, Salem M.S. Alorfi, Abdulsalam Saleh, and Randa M. Hamad. "Occurrence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Chicken Flocks." Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences 76 (2023), 14-22. doi:10.5455/ajvs.93433


MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Zafir, Abdalla G.M., Abdalmonim Almardi, Salem M.S. Alorfi, Abdulsalam Saleh, and Randa M. Hamad. "Occurrence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Chicken Flocks." Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences 76.1 (2023), 14-22. Print. doi:10.5455/ajvs.93433


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Zafir, A. G., Almardi, . A., Alorfi, . S. M., Saleh, . A. & Hamad, . R. M. (2023) Occurrence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Chicken Flocks. Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 76 (1), 14-22. doi:10.5455/ajvs.93433




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