Isolation and determination of antimicrobial resistance of Arcobacter species isolated from animal faeces in the Diyarbakir region of Turkey using the 16S rDNA-RFLP method

S. Yesilmen, A. Vural, M.E. Erkan and I.H. Yildirim
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A. Vural: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir, Turkey
M.E. Erkan: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir, Turkey
I.H. Yildirim: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir, Turkey

Veterinární medicína, 2017, vol. 62, issue 6, 301-307

Abstract: In this study, the presence of Arcobacter spp. was investigated in the faeces of cattle, sheep, goats, dogs and cloacal swab samples of chickens using the 16S rDNA-RFLP method. The prevalence of Arcobacter in these species was found to be 13%, 12%, 16%, 4% and 33%, respectively. On the other hand, Arcobacter spp. could not be isolated from rabbit faeces. A total of 78 (13%) Arcobacter spp. isolates were obtained from the 500 faecal samples and 100 cloacal swab samples examined in this study. From these 78 Arcobacter isolates, 24 (30.8%), 20 (25.6%), 11 (14.1%), 8 (10.7%), 4 (5.1%), 3 (3.9%) and 2 (2.6%) were identified by 16S rDNA-RLFP as A. cryaerophilus, A. butz- leri, A. skirrowii, A. cloacae, A. cibarius, A. halophilus, and A. nitrofigilis, respectively. All A. cryaerophilus (n = 24) isolates were found to be resistant to cloxacillin; all A. butzleri (n = 20) and A. skirrowii isolates were found to be resistant to penicillin/novobiocin, cefoperazone, tetracycline and cloxacillin. It was determined in this study that clinically healthy cattle, sheep, goats, dogs and chickens are reservoirs of Arcobacter spp.

Keywords: cattle; sheep; goats; dogs; chickens; rabbits; antibiogram (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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