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Table 3. Occurrence of multidrug resistance and multiple antibiotic resistance index of Salmonella isolated from broiler samples.

Pattern No.

Antibiotic resistance patterns

No. of Antibiotics (classes)

No. of isolates

Overall MDR isolates (%)

MAR Index

1

AMX, C, CL, GEN, TE, CAZ

6 (6)

1

17/21

(80.95)

0.86

2

AMX, CIP, C, TE, CAZ

5 (5)

1

0.71

3

AMX, C, CL, TE, CAZ

5 (5)

2

4

AMX, C, TE, CAZ

4 (4)

2

0.57

5

AMX, CIP, TE, CAZ

4 (4)

1

6

AMX, CIP, C, TE

4 (4)

2

7

AMX, CL, TE, CAZ

4 (4)

1

8

AMX, CL, TE

3 (3)

3

0.43

9

AMX, TE, CAZ

3 (3)

4

10

AMX, GEN

2 (2)

1

-

0.29

11

AMX, TE

2 (2)

2

-

12

AMX, CAZ

2 (2)

1

-

Here, AMX= Amoxicillin, CIP= Ciprofloxacin, C= Chloramphenicol, CL= Colistin, GEN= Gentamicin, TE= Tetracycline, CAZ= Ceftazidime, MDR= Multidrug resistant, MAR= Multiple antibiotic resistance.