Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Faeces from Abattoir Waste, Processing Water and Products from Dutsin-Ma, Katsina

Background: Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (ARB) in abattoir waste and products are of public health concern. ARB can shuttle resistance between animal and human population through mobile genetic elements such as plasmid andintegron. There is paucity of data to proof ARB occurrence in faeces from abattoir wastes and products in Dutsin-Ma area of Katsina State, Nigeria. Methodology: One major abattoir in Dutsin-Ma was selected for this study. Samples were therefore, taken from faeces from abattoir wastes, processing water and selected products once per week for three weeks. Microbial qualities were determined by total enterobacteriaceae count and total aerobic bacteria count on Eosin methylene blue agar and Nutrient agar respectively. Thereafter, bacteria were isolated and antibiotic resistant profiles determined by streaking on nutrient agar and disk diffusion method respectively. Results: In the first fecal sample, highest (8.27 log cfu/ml) and lowest (4.69 log cfu/ml) total aerobic bacteria count were observed. Total enterobacteriaceae results showed that it was only in the first sample that 3.90 and 5.00 log cfu/ml were observed in the processing water and blood samples respectively. We observed 100% resistant to each of amoxicillin, cotrimoxazole and nitrofurantoin among Pseudomonas isolated from each of processing water, meat sample, liver samples and effluent respectively. Among the total E.coli isolated from the meat sample, 100% resistant to each of amoxicillin, cotrimoxazole, nalidixic acid and augmentin was observed. Conclusions: Occurrence of ARB from this study proofed that samples are reservoir of ARB that could be shuttled between animal and human populace, hence, a public health concern.