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Table 8 The multidrug-resistance patterns of the isolated bacterial pathogens from pneumonic calves

From: Prevalence, the antibiogram and the frequency of virulence genes of the most predominant bacterial pathogens incriminated in calf pneumonia

Antimicrobial agent

E. coli (N = 40), N (%)

S. aureus (N = 20), N (%)

P. aeruginosa (N = 10), N (%)

P. multocida (N = 3), N (%)

Ampicillin

8 (20%)

20 (100%)

10 (100%)

3 (100%)

Amoxicillin

12 (30%)

20 (100%)

10 (100%)

3 (100%)

Erythromycin

32 (80%)

4 (20%)

10 (100%)

3 (100%)

Gentamicin

36 (90%)

4 (20%)

Streptomycin

32 (80%)

10 (50%)

2 (20%)

3 (100%)

Tetracycline

16 (40%)

14 (70%)

8 (80%)

Trimethoprim-Sulphamethoxazol

28 (70%)

6 (30%)

2 (20%)

2 (67%)