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Table 11. Number of antimicrobial classes in resistance patterns of Salmonella isolates from chicken, by serovar; Retail Meat Surveillance, 2009

Province / Serovar Number (%) of isolates Number of isolates by number of antimicrobial classes in the resistance pattern Number of isolates resistant by antimicrobial class and antimicrobial
Aminoglycosides β-lactams Folate pathways inhibitors Phenicols Quinolones Tetracyclines
  1 2–3 4–5 6 AMK GEN KAN STR AMP AMC CRO FOX TIO SSS SXT CHL CIP NAL TET
British Columbia
Enteritidis 30 (50.8) 30                                      
Kentucky 10 (16.9)   4 6           6 8 7 8 3 8           7
Hadar 8 (13.6) 6 1 1           1 1 1 1 1 1           1
Heidelberg 6 (10.2)   6               6 6 6 6 6            
Worthington 2 (3.4) 1   1         1 1           1         1
Less common serovars 3 (5.1) 2 1               1 1 1 1 1            
Total 59 (100) 39 12 8         1 8 16 15 16 11 16 1         9
Saskatchewan
Enteritidis 23 (32.4) 23                                      
Heidelberg 14 (19.7) 5 7 2             9 2 3 2 3           2
Kentucky 10 (14.1)     10           10 6 6 6 2 6           10
Schwarzengrund 4 (5.6) 1   3           3           3         3
Typhimurium 4 (5.6) 4                                      
I 4,[5],12:i:- 3 (4.2) 3                                      
Infantis 3 (4.2) 2 1               1 1 1 1 1            
Agona 2 (2.8) 1 1                                   1
Montevideo 2 (2.8) 2                                      
Less common serovars 6 (8.5) 2 1 3           3 1 1 1 1 1 1         3
Total 71 (100) 43 10 18           16 17 10 11 6 11 4         19
Ontario
Kentucky 51 (35.9) 11 4 36           37 14 14 14 5 14           37
Heidelberg 44 (31) 21 20 3           2 22 13 13 13 13 1 1       1
Enteritidis 19 (13.4) 19                                      
Hadar 8 (5.6) 2   6       1   6 1 1 1 1 1 1         6
Schwarzengrund 5 (3.5) 3 2               2 2 2 2 2            
Typhimurium 4 (2.8) 2   1 1     1   2 1         2   1     1
Thompson 3 (2.1) 2   1           1 1         1          
Less common serovars 8 (5.6) 2 3 3           2 4 4 4 3 4 1         4
Total 142 (100) 62 29 50 1     2   50 45 34 34 24 34 6 1 1     49
Québec
Heidelberg 49 (46.7) 19 25 4 1         4 29 9 10 10 10 2 3       2
Kentucky 24 (22.9) 2   22           22 8 8 8 4 8           22
Enteritidis 14 (13.3) 14                                      
I 8,20:i:- 3 (2.9)   1 2           2 1 1 1 1 1           3
Infantis 3 (2.9) 1 2               2 2 2 2 2            
Thompson 3 (2.9) 3                                      
Less common serovars 9 (8.6) 4 1 4       1   4 1         1         4
Total 105 (100) 43 29 32 1     1   32 41 20 21 17 21 3 3       31
Maritimes
Heidelberg 35 (43.8) 23 10 1 1         2 12 6 6 6 6 1         1
Kentucky 21 (26.3) 5 4 12           13 5 5 5 5 5           14
Enteritidis 8 (10) 8                                      
Hadar 5 (6.3)   2 3           3                     5
Albany 2 (2.5)   2               2 2 2 2 2            
Infantis 2 (2.5) 2                                      
Kiambu 2 (2.5) 1   1       1   1 1 1 1 1 1 1          
Less common serovars 5 (6.3) 3 2               1 1 1 1 1           1
Total 80 (100) 42 20 17 1     1   19 21 15 15 15 15 2         21

Serovars represented by less than 2% of isolates were classified as “Less common serovars”.

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