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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
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ISSN 1328-925X

Volume 25(4):306-309, 2021.

Bacterial contamination in multiple-dose medication vials in dairy and poultry farms in Sudan.

 

Hytham EY Omer1 (MVM) and Elhassan MA Saeed2 (BVSc MVSc PhD)

 

1Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, 2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

 

ABSTRACT

 

Hytham EY, Elhassan MA., Bacterial contamination in multiple-dose medication vials in dairy and poultry farms in Sudan, Onl J Vet Res., 25(4):306-309, 2021.  Prevalence of aerobic bacteria in multiple-dose veterinary medication vials from 99 of 14 injectable and non-injectable drugs from 13 dairy and 5 poultry farms were investigated. Bacterial contamination was found in 24.2% injectable and 60.6% non-injectable containers. The 9 isolates found included 3 pathogens. Of 66 parenteral and 33 non-parenteral open multiple-dose preparations, 36 (36.4%) were contaminated by 41 isolates, with 2 from every 5 samples. Bacteria included Pseudomonas aeruginosa (10.1%), Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus (8.1% each), Micrococcus luteus, Micrococcus varians, Neisseria mucosa, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Staphylococcus auricularis and Staphylococcus epidermidis (1 to 5%). Contamination from parenteral and non-parenteral preparations in dairy or poultry farms was similar. We found high contamination of multiple-dose veterinary medication in Sudan.

 

Key words: Bacterial contamination, multiple-dose veterinary medication vials, dairy, poultry farms.

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