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Table 3 Antimicrobial resistance patterns of 192 isolates recovered from boot swab and faeces samples on MC media on D10 and D21, post arrival of egg/chick onto on-farm hatching farms (n = 5) and conventional hatching farms (n = 5)

From: Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from on-farm and conventional hatching broiler farms in Ireland

AMR PROFILE

Number of isolates

% Isolates

CEF

60

31%

AMP, CEF, CHL, SXT

24

12%

AMP, CEF, SXT

13

7%

AMP, CEF, DOX, SXT

11

6%

AMP, CEF

10

5%

CEF, ENR, DOX

7

4%

AMP, CEF, DOX, NIT, SXT

6

3%

AMP, CEF, DOX, CHL, SXT

6

3%

CEF, DOX, CHL, SXT

5

3%

CEF, DOX

5

3%

CEF, CHL

4

2%

CEF, NIT

4

2%

Other patterns found in 3 isolates or less

35

18%

Fully susceptible

2

1%

Total

192

100%

MDR

84

44%

  1. AMP ampicillin, AMC amoxycillin clavulanic acid, CEF cefalexin, CPD cefpodoxime, CEV cefovecin, CTZ ceftazidime, CFR ceftiofur, CHL chloramphenicol, CIP ciprofloxacin, ENR enrofloxacin, DOX doxycycline, GEN gentamicin and SXT trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole