?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Anti-Microbial+Resistance+Profiles+Of+E.+Coli+Isolated+From+Free+Range+Chickens+In+Urban+And+Rural+Environments+Of+Imo+State%2C+Nigeria&rft.creator=Okoli+I%2C+Dr.+Charles&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Information+on+the+resistance+profiles+of+normal+intestinal+flora+of+extensively+reared+chickens+that+hardly+receive+antibiotics+in+the+developing+countries+can+serve+as+important+means+of+understanding+the+human%2Fanimal+pathogens+drug+resistance+interactions+in+the+zone.+Three+hundred+and+fifty+E.+coli+isolates%2C+comprising+133+from+urban+and+217+from+rural+sites+in+Imo+state%2C+Nigeria%2C+were+screened+for+anti-microbial+resistance+profile+against+10+antibiotics+using+the+disc+diffusion+method.+Overall+percentage+anti-microbial+resistance+of+the+isolates+against+cotrimoxazole%2C+ampicillin%2C+nalidixic+acid%2C+chloramphenicol+and+nitrofurantoin+(72%E2%80%9392%25)+were+very+high.+The+organisms+were+highly+sensitive+to+other+antibiotics%2C+especially+gentamicin+and+ciprofloxacin.+The+59.5%25+overall+mean+percentage+resistance+recorded+at+the+urban+area+was+significantly+higher+than+the+46.8%25+recorded+at+the+rural+area+(p%3C0.05).+With+the+exception+of+the+figures+for+cotrimoxazole+and+ampicillin%2C+resistance+values+obtained+against+the+other+antibiotics+at+the+urban+sites+were+statistically+higher+than+those+obtained+at+the+rural+sites+(p%3C0.05).+Zero+resistance+was+recorded+against+the+fluoroquinolones%2C+norfloxacin+and+ciprofloxacin+at+all+the+rural+sites+except+at+Enyiogwugwu+where+a+28.6%25+resistance+was+obtained+against+norfloxacin.+Since+free-range+chickens+rarely+receive+antibiotic+medication%2C+it+is+concluded+that+the+highly+resistant+E.+coli+organisms+isolated+from+them+may+be+reflecting+consequences+of+human+drug+use+in+the+study+areas&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.contributor=Baliga+B%2C+Dr.+Shatharam&rft.date=2006-07&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5001%2F1%2F2006-1-3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Okoli+I%2C+Dr.+Charles++(2006)+Anti-Microbial+Resistance+Profiles+Of+E.+Coli+Isolated+From+Free+Range+Chickens+In+Urban+And+Rural+Environments+Of+Imo+State%2C+Nigeria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5001%2F