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Volume 16, Number 1—January 2010
Research

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

Lucie DutilComments to Author , 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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