The incidence of C. perfringens in chickens in different seasons and Governorates in Egypt
Shaaban, A., A. Zoulfakar, S., I. Youssef, Y., Shalaby, B. (2017). The incidence of C. perfringens in chickens in different seasons and Governorates in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 24(1), 12-20. doi: 10.21608/jvmr.2017.43257
Asmaa Shaaban; Sahar A. Zoulfakar; Youssef I. Youssef; Basma Shalaby. "The incidence of C. perfringens in chickens in different seasons and Governorates in Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 24, 1, 2017, 12-20. doi: 10.21608/jvmr.2017.43257
Shaaban, A., A. Zoulfakar, S., I. Youssef, Y., Shalaby, B. (2017). 'The incidence of C. perfringens in chickens in different seasons and Governorates in Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 24(1), pp. 12-20. doi: 10.21608/jvmr.2017.43257
Shaaban, A., A. Zoulfakar, S., I. Youssef, Y., Shalaby, B. The incidence of C. perfringens in chickens in different seasons and Governorates in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 24(1): 12-20. doi: 10.21608/jvmr.2017.43257

The incidence of C. perfringens in chickens in different seasons and Governorates in Egypt

Journal of Veterinary Medical Research
Article 2, Volume 24, Issue 1, June 2017, Page 12-20  XML PDF (792.13 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jvmr.2017.43257
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Authors
Asmaa Shaaban1; Sahar A. Zoulfakar2; Youssef I. Youssef2; Basma Shalaby1
1Animal Health Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
2Department of Poultry and Rabbit Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
Abstract
A total of 247 intestinal samples from freshly dead broiler and layer chickens
were collected from 150 farms in Giza, Sharkia, Qalubia, El-Behera, Daqahlia and
Cairo governorates in different seasons. These samples showed different degrees
of intestinal lesions from apparently normal to sever necrosis with ulcerations.
Clostridium perfringens was isolated from 138 samples with incidence of 55.9%.
The incidence of NE was higher in spring and summer than winter and autumn.
According to polymerase chain reaction and intradermal injection of guinea pig all
isolates were Clostridium perfringens type A. In vitro antibiotic sensitivity tests
made for 15 isolates and most of the examined isolates were highly sensitive to
amoxicillin, ampicillin, florfenicol, penicillin and metronidazole. Three isolates
showed resistance to most of antibiotics were used. Effect of piperazine salt on
antibiotic resistance of C. perfringens isolate was studied in this work.
Keywords
Clostridium perfringens; Antibiotic sensitivity; chicken
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