Isolation,Identification and Analysis of Serotype and Drug Resistance of Salmonella from Pigeon in Shanghai

The purpose of this study was to investigate the molecular types and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella isolated from pigeon in Shanghai from 2011 to 2014. A total of 92 fecal samples were collected from markets. XLD plate and Salmonella chromogenic medium were used to isolate suspected Salmonella colonies, and then determined the number of Salmonella through gram staining and biochemical tests. Among them, 24(26.1%) were positive for Salmonella. Kauffmann-White method and the K-B method were used respectively for serotype identification and susceptibility testing. In result, serological identification showed that 24 isolates from pigeon could be divided into 3 serotypes including S.typhimurium (66.7%), S.agona (25.0%) and S.corvallis (8.3%). Drug susceptibility test showed that 75.0% of the isolates were resistant to one antibiotic at least. The highest level resistance were found for tetracycline as well as sulfisoxazole (62.5%), followed by streptomycin (58.3%), nalidixic acid (50.0%) and ampicillin (20.8%). Multi-drug resistant strains accounted for 62.5% (15), in which the largest number of strains (7, 16.7%) were resistant to four drugs. In addition, isolates were 100.0% susceptible to cefepime, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, imipenem and ofloxacin, but 12.5% were moderately sensitive to the amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and ciprofloxacin. The study showed that Salmonella had a high separation rate of pigeon in Shanghai farmers market and performed serious multidrug resistance, which would bring great challenges and risks to the prevention and control of Salmonella in food, so that the prevalence and drug resistance of Salmonella in pigeon deserved close attention.