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Table 9 Examples of colistin resistance in E.coli strains isolated from healthy and diseased pigs in different countries (Modified from Kempf et al. [51])

From: Swine enteric colibacillosis: diagnosis, therapy and antimicrobial resistance

Country

Origin of the isolates

% of resistance/non-wild type strains

Reference

France

faeces, healthy pigs

0.5%

[62]

Sweden

healthy pigs

0%

[63]

Denmark

healthy pigs

0%

[64]

Belgium

pigs with diarrhoea

9.6%

[65]

Croatia

pigs with diarrhoea

3%

[66]

Brazil

pigs with diarrhoea

28.1%

[53]

UK

Slaughterhouse, healthy pigs

34,1%

[67]

China

pigs with diarrhoea

33.3%

[68]