DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF SALMONELLA SPECIES AND ITS ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN CAPTIVE SNAKES OF MVR SNAKE PARK, KANNUR

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dc.contributor.advisorDr. Chintu Ravishankar
dc.contributor.authorSUMITHRA SOMANATH
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-30T14:57:44Z
dc.date.available2024-03-30T14:57:44Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-14
dc.description.abstractAntibiotic resistance is an emerging global issue that should be addressed by adopting One Health approach, for a healthy future. Antibiotic resistance in wild is difficult to solve due to lack of knowledge on the bacterial flora of wild animals. Reptiles, especially snakes, are considered as the carriers of Salmonella and transmitters of reptile mediated Salmonellosis in many parts of the world. Faecal samples from different snake species including Indian Cobra, Rat snake, Russel’s Viper, Indian Rock Python, Cat snake, and Vine snakes were examined for Salmonella. In our study, we assessed the multidrug resistance of Salmonella isolates to 5 antibiotics - gentamicin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, tetracycline and ampicillin. All the isolates exhibited resistance to all four antibiotics except gentamycin. The isolates showed high susceptibility to gentamycin. This finding supports the idea of snakes acting as potential reservoirs of multidrug resistant Salmonella.
dc.identifier.urihttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810207877
dc.keywordsDETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF SALMONELLA SPECIES AND ITS ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN CAPTIVE SNAKES OF MVR SNAKE PARK KANNUR
dc.keywordsSALMONELLA SPECIES
dc.keywordsANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN CAPTIVE SNAKES
dc.keywordsAntibiotic resistance
dc.keywordsBacterial diversity in reptiles
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.pages71
dc.publisherKVASU CENTRE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES KERALA VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY POOKODE, WAYANAD
dc.research.problemIdentify the presence of Salmonella in the faecal samples of snakes in captivity , Isolate the Salmonella strains from the faecal sample of captive snakes , Assess antibiotic resistance of Salmonella species by Kirby-Baier disk diffusion method
dc.subWildlife Management
dc.themeDetermining the presence of Salmonella species and its antibiotic resistance in captive snakes of MVR Snake Park, Kannur
dc.these.typeM.Sc
dc.titleDETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF SALMONELLA SPECIES AND ITS ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN CAPTIVE SNAKES OF MVR SNAKE PARK, KANNUR
dc.typeThesis
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