Antibiotic Resistance of Campylobacter Recovered from Faeces and Carcasses of Healthy Livestock

Table 5

Susceptibility patterns of faecal isolates of animals.

Antibiotic	Animal
	Cattle ()			Sheep ()			Goat ()			Pig ()
	S	I	R	S	I	R	S	I	R	S	I	R
Nalidixic acid	50	NA	50	64	NA	36	92	NA	8	90	NA	10
Tetracycline	13	6	81	9	0	91	12	12	76	7	7	86
Erythromycin	0	NA	100	0	NA	100	0	NA	100	0	NA	100
Ciprofloxacin	37	19	44	14	36	50	48	24	28	41	35	24
Chloramphenicol	6	6	88	4	41	55	12	24	64	14	41	45
Ampicillin	0	19	81	4	5	91	8	4	88	3	14	83
Cefotaxime	25	0	75	9	5	86	28	4	68	14	24	62
Kanamycin	50	44	6	27	55	18	68	24	8	38	52	10
Gentamicin	62	38	0	68	18	14	80	20	0	86	4	10
Norfloxacin	50	31	19	59	5	36	76	12	12	76	7	17
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole	44	0	56	14	0	86	40	0	60	52	0	48
Cephalexin	19	NA	81	9	NA	91	28	NA	72	14	NA	86
Imipenem	69	31	0	68	32	0	92	8	0	72	28	0

S = sensitive; I = intermediate; R = resistant; NA = intermediate not available, values presented in percentages.