Prevalence and drug susceptibility pattern of isolates from apparently healthy slaughter cattle and personnel working at the Jimma municipal abattoir, south-West Ethiopia.

BACKGROUND

species are among the most common food borne pathogens worldwide and their infection is one of the major global public health problems. During the last decade, multidrug resistant species have greatly increased in humans and animals. So the aim of this study was to determine prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of in apparently healthy slaughterer cattle and personnel working at the Jimma abattoir.

METHOD

A cross-sectional study was conducted from May to September 2016 at the Jimma abattoir. A total of 440 samples consisting of carcass swabs ( = 195), cattle feces ( = 195), and human stool ( = 50) were collected. Standard isolation and identification procedures were performed to identify isolates. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests were also carried out on each isolate.

RESULTS

The overall proportion of positive isolates was 9.5% in all samples, of which 11.3% were from carcass swabs, 5.6% from cattle feces, and 18% from human stool. All isolates were resistant to tasted antibiotics except Ciprofloxacin.

CONCLUSION

This study ascertains that Salmonella were widely distributed and significant proportions have developed resistance to routinely prescribed antibiotics. Therefore, there is needed to implement urgent intervention programs in study area.