ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM SMALLHOLDER RED SOKOTO AND WEST AFRICAN DWARF BREEDS OF GOATS FAECES IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

There is a growing risk of antibiotic resistance (AR) in goats farming in North central Nigeria. A total of 56 fresh goats’ faecal samples were aseptically collected, randomly, from two breeds of goats (Red Sokoto and West African Dwarf goats). The goats were raised either using ethnoveterinary medicines (n =28) or antibiotics (n =28). Bacterial isolates were characterized and analyzed using standard protocols, and appropriate statistical tools. The Salmonella spp (n= 33, 91.7 %), Pseudomonas spp. (n= 3, 100 %), and Klebsiella spp. (n= 13, 92.9 %) showed the level of susceptibility. In particular, Pseudomonas spp. and Klebsiella spp had higher percentage susceptibility (100%). The goat’s susceptibility varied across all the antibiotics usage. All four species were multidrug resistant and the isolates revealed inter-species dependence with possibility for inter-species gene transfer. These findings provide a background to investigate the metagenomics of Red Sokoto and WAD goats for antibiotics resistance.