PREVALENCE AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS FROM VARIOUS MEAT SAMPLES IN ANAND, GUJARAT

N.M. PATEL¹*, J.B. NAYAK², S.K. RAVAL³, M.N. BRAHMBHATT⁴, J.H. CHAUDHARY⁵, P.A. ANJARIA^6
1Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
²Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
³Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
⁴Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
⁵Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
⁶Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : patelnishant582@gmail.com

Received : 03-11-2022     Accepted : 27-11-2022     Published : 30-11-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 11       Pages : 11840 - 11843
Int J Agr Sci 14.11 (2022):11840-11843

Keywords : Clostridium perfringens, Prevalence, Retail meat, Antimicrobial resistance, Multi-drug resistance
Academic Editor : Dr S B Kharbade
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology; Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand, 388001, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, 382010, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Gram-positive, spore-forming Clostridium perfringens is a common bacterium. It can produce enterotoxins in the small intestines of people and domestic animals, contaminating a variety of retail meat products and resulting in food poisoning. We examined into to the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of C. perfringens in carabeef, chicken, mutton, and chevon that shoppers in Anand, Gujarat, purchased from retail meat market shops. 200 meat samples resulted in a total of 31 C. perfringens isolates, with poultry having the highest incidence (24%) preceding chevon (16%), mutton (10%), and carabeef (10%). Using the agar disc method, the antimicrobial resistance of the isolates was assessed. Resistance to cephoxitin (61%) was found, followed by moxifloxacin (52%), tetracycline (48%), vancomycin (42%), gentamicin (36%), and ofloxacin (32%). It's remarkable to note that 10 of the 31 isolates exhibited multidrug resistance, or resistance to more than three distinct antibiotic classes