In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria isolated from caprine footrot.
The in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative anaerobic bacilli commonly isolated from footrot in goats was studied. A total of 97 isolates belonging to the genera Dichelobacter, Fusobacterium, Prevotella, Porphyromonas and Bacteroides, obtained from clinical cases of footrot in south-western Spain between March 2000 and May 2001, were tested against 25 antimicrobial agents comprising beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, macrolides, chloramphenicol, quinolones, lincosamides, sulphonamides and tetracyclines in order to optimise antibiotic treatment of this disease in goats. beta-lactams, tetracyclines and metronidazole displayed the highest in vitro efficacy against the species involved in the pathogenesis of footrot.
Lacombe-Antoneli
Angela
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Unit of Microbiology, Department of Medicine and Animal Health, Veterinary Faculty, University of Extremadura, 10071 Cáceres, Spain.
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D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005535:Foot Rot / Q000382:microbiology*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006041:Goats; D006089:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000662:veterinary
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents