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Antibiotic Resistant Microbial Load:A Study from Freshwater and Waste Water Fish in West Bengal, India


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Studies were carried out on bacteriological contamination of digestive tract and flesh contents of Labeo sp. reared in freshwater and waste water. Numbers of bacteria in flesh and gut contents of fish reflected their densities in water. Among four antibiotics (amphicilin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, tetracycline) used, amphicilin resistant bacteria were the most numerous. In case of digestive tract, however, contents of bacteria remained too high. Fishes collected from freshwater culture system posses less amount of bacterial content both in flesh and in the gut. Whereas fish samples collected from waste-fed ponds showed higher amounts of bacterial loads. The waste-fed fishes also showed a high amount of antibiotic resistant bacterial loads both flesh as well as in gut. It may pose a potent danger for the consumers and the fishermen.

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Fish, Aquaculture, Fresh Water, Waste Water, Antibiotic Resistance.
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Authors

Mausumi Bhattacharyya
Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata-700019, India
Sneha Ghosh
Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata-700019, India

Abstract


Studies were carried out on bacteriological contamination of digestive tract and flesh contents of Labeo sp. reared in freshwater and waste water. Numbers of bacteria in flesh and gut contents of fish reflected their densities in water. Among four antibiotics (amphicilin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, tetracycline) used, amphicilin resistant bacteria were the most numerous. In case of digestive tract, however, contents of bacteria remained too high. Fishes collected from freshwater culture system posses less amount of bacterial content both in flesh and in the gut. Whereas fish samples collected from waste-fed ponds showed higher amounts of bacterial loads. The waste-fed fishes also showed a high amount of antibiotic resistant bacterial loads both flesh as well as in gut. It may pose a potent danger for the consumers and the fishermen.

Keywords


Fish, Aquaculture, Fresh Water, Waste Water, Antibiotic Resistance.

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