Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Escherichia coli Isolated from Raw Dairy Milk

Authors

  • Abul Hasan Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Barisal, Bangladesh.
  • Ahsanur Reza Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Barisal, Bangladesh.
  • Farzana Islam Rume Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Barisal, Bangladesh.
  • Mirza Mienur Meher Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Barisal, Bangladesh.
  • Md. Shafiullah Parvej Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.
  • AKM Mostafa Anower Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Barisal, Bangladesh.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v6i9.1108-1113.1788

Keywords:

Dairy milk, E. coli, TVC, TCC, drug resistance

Abstract

E. coli is one of the most important food borne pathogen, which could be transmitted by milk and milk products. To assess the role of dairy milk as the source of drug resistant E. coli, we examined 50 raw dairy milk samples (25-farm milk + 25-market milk) from some selected areas of Bangladesh by cultural, morphological, biochemical and antimicrobial sensitivity tests. In the preliminary observation, the mean total aerobic mesophilic count of market and farm raw milk samples were 8.98 and 8.68 log CFU/ml, while mean coliform count were 4.20 and 3.03 log CFU/ml respectively. Thirty-three E. coli isolates were recovered from collected samples (66% 33 of 50) and this pathogen was more prevalent in market milk (76%, 19 of 25) than farm milk (56%, 14 of 25). In addition, most of the isolated E. coli exhibited resistance against ampicillin and cefotaxime. This result shows that, the raw dairy milk and its products could be a source of human drug resistant E. coli.

Author Biographies

Ahsanur Reza, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Barisal, Bangladesh.

Associate Professor

AKM Mostafa Anower, Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Barisal, Bangladesh.

Associate Professor

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Published

09.09.2018

How to Cite

Hasan, A., Reza, A., Rume, F. I., Meher, M. M., Parvej, M. S., & Anower, A. M. (2018). Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Escherichia coli Isolated from Raw Dairy Milk. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 6(9), 1108–1113. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v6i9.1108-1113.1788

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 9 (2018)

Section

Research Paper

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