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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2006, p. 4583-4588, Vol. 72, No. 7
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02584-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Use of a Nonmedicated Dietary Supplement Correlates with Increased Prevalence of Streptomycin-Sulfa-Tetracycline-Resistant Escherichia coli on a Dairy Farm

Artashes R. Khachatryan,1 Thomas E. Besser,1 Dale D. Hancock,2 and Douglas R. Call1*

Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology,1 Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 991642

Received 2 November 2005/ Accepted 23 April 2006

We examined how a dietary supplement affects the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli on a dairy farm in Washington State. Between 2001 and 2004 the prevalence of fecal E. coli strains resistant to streptomycin, sulfadiazine, and tetracycline (SSuT strains) declined from 59.2% to 26.1% in the calf population. In 2003 the dairy discontinued use of a dietary supplement, and we hypothesized that the decline in prevalence of SSuT strains was related to this change in management. To test this we established three treatments in which calves received no supplement, the dietary supplement with oxytetracycline, or the dietary supplement without oxytetracycline. Calves receiving either dietary supplement had a significantly higher prevalence of SSuT E. coli than the no-supplement control group ({approx}37% versus 20%, respectively; P = 0.03). Importantly, there was no evidence that oxytetracycline contributed to an increased prevalence of fecal SSuT E. coli. We compared the growth characteristics of SSuT and non-SSuT E. coli in LB broth enriched with either the complete dietary supplement or its individual constituents. Both the complete dietary supplement and its vitamin D component supported a significantly higher cell density of SSuT strains (P = 0.003 and P = 0.001, respectively). The dry milk and vitamin A components of the dietary supplement did not support different cell densities. These results were consistent with selection and maintenance of SSuT E. coli due to environmental components independent of antibiotic selection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, 402 Bustad Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-7040. Phone: (509) 335-6313. Fax: (509) 335-8529. E-mail: drcall{at}wsu.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2006, p. 4583-4588, Vol. 72, No. 7
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02584-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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