Circumstance on contaminating Campylobacter spp. bacteria and antibiotic resistance of some Campylobacter bacteria strains isolated from chicken meat consumption and production chain in Bac Giang province

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of Campylobacter bacteria infection in the chicken meat production and consumption chain in Bac Giang province. A total of 122 samples were collected from the farms, slaughterhouses and retail shops/super
markets as materials for this study. There were 90/122 samples positive with Campylobacter spp bacteria (accounted for 73.77%). The contamination rate of each sample type as follows the fecal samples: 83.3% (25/30 samples), the cecum samples: 95.45% (42/44 samples), and chicken meat samples: 47.92% (23/48 samples). The result of testing susceptibility
of 150 Campylobacter bacteria strains with eight common antibiotics showed that 100 % of Campylobacter bacteria strains resisted to at least 2 antibiotics. The antibiotic resistant rate of Campylobacter bacteria strains was quite high, ranging from 52.67% (resisted to nitrofurantoin) to 100% (resisted to ampicilline). The result of this study indicated that the risk of antibiotic resistance in treatement for human suffering with Campylobacter bacteria infection is very high