Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in lactic acid bacteria isolated from the faeces of broiler chicken in Malaysia

Table 2 Diameter inhibitory zone (Mean ± SE), cm of antibiotic susceptibility test for LAB regardless of species from chicken faecal sample

Antibiotics	Diameter of inhibitory zone (cm)
Nalidixic acid	0.02^e ± 0.02
Clindamycin	1.22^b ± 0.16
Bacitracin	0.33^de ± 0.07
Chloramphenicol	1.89^a ± 0.17
Amoxycillin	1.93^a ± 0.16
Gentamycin	0.07^e ± 0.04
Ciprofloxacin	0.21d^e ± 0.06
Penicillin	1.99^a ± 0.17
Sulphamethoxazole	0.11^e ± 0.05
Kanamycin	0.05^e ± 0.04
Tetracycline	0.75^c ± 0.13
Erytromycin	1.17^b ± 0.15
Ampicillin	1.84^a ± 0.16
Streptomycin	0.05^e ± 0.04
Vancomycin	0.51^cd ± 0.12

Note: ^a-eMeans with different superscripts are significantly different ( P< 0.05).

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