Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Kavitha Kandimalla, Basavaraj Awati, Vamshi Krishna Sri Ram, Kalyani Putty, Gopala Lunavat, Mallinath K Choudapur, Arun Karate, Dr. Nanagouda A Patil and Dr. Ravindra G Bhoyar

Abstract:
Respiratory infection of sheep and goat due to Pasteurella multocida is a crucial contributor to production losses in the small ruminant industry in most parts of the world. The current study was designed to isolate P. multocida from pneumonic cases of sheep and goats and to determine the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates. A total of 12 isolates were recovered from 287 samples collected from pneumonic sheep and goat in Telangana. The isolates were confirmed by PM-PCR using kmt1 gene primers. The isolates were screened for antibiotic sensitivity or resistance pattern using 21 antibiotics. The antibiotic sensitivity test of the isolates had shown that gentamicin was the resistant drug followed by erythromycin, tetracycline, Methicillin, pencillin G, nalidixic acid, co-trimoxazole, ampicillin, Cefotaxime, Lincomycin, kanamycin and amoxiclav. All the isolates were 100% sensitive to ceftriaxone, cefoperazone/sulbactum, ceftiofur, cloxacillin, ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, levofloxacin and tetracycline (30 µg/disc).