THE OCCURRENCE OF DISINFECTANT AND ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GENES IN ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM CHICKENS IN EGYPT

Aim: This work aimed to determine the occurrence of antibiotic and disinfectant resistance genes in Escherichia coli isolated from chickens in Egypt.Materials and Methods: Organs (liver, lung, heart, yolk sac, and bone marrow) of 1500 chicken samples were collected from diseased chickens suffered from colibacillosis with PM findings as CRD, diarrhe