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- C. perfringens, a bacterium causing enteric infections in poultry, produces various toxins; toxinotype A is particularly prevalent in Pakistan and responsible for necrotic enteritis (NE) in birds.
- A study isolated 34 strains of C. perfringens from 134 intestinal samples, showing a prevalence rate of 25.37%, all classified as toxinotype A, characterized by the presence of alpha toxin and absence of others.
- The isolated strains exhibited multidrug resistance, especially to commonly used antibiotics in the poultry industry, indicating a serious threat to poultry health and underscoring the urgent need for new antibiotics and alternative treatments.
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Background And Objectives: Clostridium perfringens is a causative agent of enteric infections in animals including poultry by producing twenty different types of toxins. A single strain produces only a subset of these toxins, which form the basis of its classification into seven toxinotypes (A-G). C. perfringens toxinotype A is a widespread cause of necrotic enteritis (NE) in poultry. The current study was conducted to determine the prevalence of different toxins and antimicrobial susceptibility of C. perfringens isolated from Pakistan NE affected poultry.
Methods: A total of 134 intestinal samples of the diseased birds were collected postmortem and processed for isolation of C. perfringens using tryptose sulphite cycloserine (TSC) agar supplemented with d-cycloserine. Isolates were confirmed by Gram's staining, biochemical and molecular analyses. Toxinotyping was performed by multiplex PCR. Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of isolates was performed by Kirby Bauer disc diffusion method.
Results: A total of 34 strains of C. perfringens were isolated from 134 samples with prevalence rate of 25.37%. All the isolated strains were toxinotype A, as they were positive for alpha toxin (CPA) and negative for other tested toxins such as beta (CPB), epsilon (ETX), iota (ITX), enterotoxin (CPE), toxin perfringens large (TpeL) and necrotic B-like toxin (NetB). Interestingly, all the isolated strains of C. perfringens were multidrug resistant. The highest resistance was observed against Neomycin, Trimethoprim, Tetracycline and Lincomycin which are routinely used at Pakistan poultry production.
Conclusion: C. perfringens toxinotype A is prevalent in Pakistan poultry. Incidence of C. perfringens with prevalence rate of 25.37% can pose serious threat to Pakistan's poultry industry given that all the isolated strains were multidrug resistant. Our findings highlight the need for new antibiotics and antibiotic alternatives to overcome multidrug resistance.
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