According to a Canadian Health Agency report, a significant amount of Campylobacter separated from retail chicken in Canada showed resistance to the main antibiotic used for treating human bacterial infections. The resistance to the antibiotic was tracked from 2003 through 2010 in seven provinces of Canada. The highest resistance rates were reported in Saskatchewan and British Columbia provinces. According to the report data, the percentage rate of resistance in Saskatchewan and British Columbia was approximately 2 to 15 and 4 to 29 respectively. The percentage rate was less than 4 in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, and Maritime. This was with the exception of a percentage rate of 14 reported in the year 2007 in Quebec. British Columbia reported the highest resistance rate in the year 2009. A high rate of resistance was also reported in Saskatchewan in the same year.
The antibiotic commonly used in treating Campylobacter infections in Canada is Ciproflaxacin. According to several public health experts, the increasing rates of antibiotic resistance have been linked to utilization of antimicrobial drugs on farm animals. In the year 2005, the United States put a ban on the use of antibiotics on chicken. Despite this ban, it seems the rate of resistance to Campylobacter has continued to increase. The report noted that the Canadian government is working collaboratively with the country’s chicken industry to come up with a surveillance system to monitor and collect data relating to the use of antibiotics and the resistance rates. The country’s directorate of veterinary drugs has warned the citizens on non-medicinal use of specific antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin in farm animals. The mentioned report has been released following a study conducted in response to the growing concern of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella.
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