Ceftiofur Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg from Chicken Meat and Humans, Canada
Lucie Dutil

, Rebecca J. Irwin, Rita Finley, Lai King Ng, Brent P. Avery, Patrick Boerlin, Anne-Marie Bourgault, Linda Cole, Danielle Daignault, Andrea Desruisseau, Walter Demczuk, Linda Hoang, Greg B. Horsman, Johanne Ismail, Frances B. Jamieson, Anne Maki, Ana Pacagnella, and Dylan R. Pillai
Author affiliations: Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (L. Dutil, D. Daignault); Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (R. Irwin, R. Finley, B. Avery, L. Cole, A. Desruisseau); Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (L.K. Ng, W. Demczuk); Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph (P. Boerlin); Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada (A.-M. Bourgault, J. Ismail); British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (L. Hoang, A. Pacagnella); Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (G. Horsman); Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F. Jamieson, A. Maki, D.R. Pillai)
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Table
Prevalence of ceftiofur resistance among human and retail chicken Salmonella serovar Heidelberg isolates and retail chicken Escherichia coli isolates from Canadian provinces surveyed during 2003–2008
Isolate/province |
Prevalence of ceftiofur resistance, % (no. resistant isolates/total no. isolates tested)
|
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Human clinical Salmonella Heidelberg |
Québec |
31 (52/167) |
36 (42/116) |
35 (37/106) |
8 (8/96) |
6 (4/63) |
12 (8/65) |
Ontario |
18 (31/172) |
38 (70/185) |
30 (42/140) |
10 (12/122) |
22 (21/94) |
32 (7/22) |
Saskatchewan |
|
|
0 (0/15) |
7 (1/14) |
0 (0/11) |
0 (0/7) |
British Columbia
|
|
|
|
|
23 (3/13)
|
19 (3/16)
|
Chicken retail Salmonella Heidelberg |
Québec |
65 (13/20) |
62 (18/29) |
33 (4/12) |
7 (1/14) |
19 (6/32) |
18 (7/38) |
Ontario |
16 (3/19) |
58 (19/33) |
27 (3/11) |
21 (3/14) |
21 (9/42) |
14 (3/21) |
Saskatchewan |
|
|
0 (0/5) |
13 (1/8) |
0 (0/9) |
8 (1/12) |
British Columbia
|
|
|
|
|
50 (2/4)
|
67 (2/3)
|
Chicken retail E. coli |
Québec |
32 (36/111) |
34 (54/158) |
25 (35/142) |
6 (8/135) |
13 (17/128) |
18 (24/131) |
Ontario |
18 (24/136) |
21 (32/150) |
17 (25/145) |
22 (34/152) |
22 (35/157) |
24 (36/150) |
Saskatchewan |
|
|
4 (3/82) |
6 (5/85) |
13 (10/75) |
20 (18/92) |
British Columbia |
|
|
|
|
29 (12/42) |
49 (34/70) |
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