Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella serovars in organic chickens from Maryland retail stores

Shenghui Cui; Beilei Ge; Jie Zheng; Jianghong Meng

doi:10.1128/AEM.71.7.4108-4111.2005

Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella serovars in organic chickens from Maryland retail stores

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Jul;71(7):4108-11. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.4108-4111.2005.

Authors

Shenghui Cui¹, Beilei Ge, Jie Zheng, Jianghong Meng

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nutrition and Food Science, 0112 Skinner Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

Abstract

Retail organic (n = 198) and conventional (n = 61) chickens were analyzed. Most organic (76%) and conventional (74%) chickens were contaminated with campylobacters. Salmonellae were recovered from 61% of organic and 44% of conventional chickens. All Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from conventional chickens were resistant to five or more antimicrobials, whereas most S. enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates (79%) from organic chickens were susceptible to 17 antimicrobials tested.

MeSH terms

Animal Husbandry / methods*
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Campylobacter / drug effects
Campylobacter / isolation & purification*
Chickens / microbiology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Food Contamination / analysis*
Maryland
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Prevalence
Salmonella / classification
Salmonella / drug effects
Salmonella / isolation & purification*
Serotyping

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents