Research Article
Prevalence and Characteristics of Enteric Pathogens Detected in Diarrhoeic and Non-Diarrhoeic Foals in Trinidad
Table 2
Frequency of resistance to antimicrobial agents amongst
isolates.
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Animal status | Number (%) of isolates resistant to the following | | Number of isolates tested | CN | TE | C | SXT | S | A |
| | Diarrhoeic foals | 7 | 2 (28.6) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | 5 (71.4) | 5 (71.4) | 7 (100.0) | | Nondiarrhoeic foals | 121 | 14 (11.6) | 45 (37.2) | 1 (0.8) | 36 (29.8) | 51 (42.1) | 107 (88.4) | | Total | 128 | 16 (12.5) | 51 (39.8) | 2 (1.6) | 41 (32.0) | 56 (43.8) | 114 (89.1) |
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CN: gentamycin, TE: tetracycline, C: chloramphenicol, SXT: sulphamethoxazole/trimethoprim, S: streptomycin, and A: ampicillin.
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