Antibacterial Effects of Thymus Vulgaris extracts againstResistant motile Salmonella Sp. in Pheasants

Background and Aim : Thymus vulgaris is a flowering plant of the family Lamiaceae commonlyknown as thyme, native to Southern Europe, and has a worldwide distribution Mediterranean andneighboring countries, Northern Africa, and parts of Asia , they contain thymol and carvarol whichshows anti inflammatory , antiseptic, antibiotic, and antifungal properties .Since chemicalcompounds showed some side effects and residues, herbal medicine will be an appropriatealternative for antibacterial needs specially for food born infectionsMethods : Current report goes to a herds of Common Pheasants infected with motile salmonellasp;The birds were severely dehydrated , diarrheotic and downer. In differentiative stools culturemotile salmonella Sp. were isolated, the antibiogram test for tetracyclines, neomycine, beta-lactamantibiotics, Enrofloxacin , Aminoglycosides, Cephalosoporines and Fosmycine showed ۱+ to ۳+resistationResults : Regarding to invitro and Invivo passed tests, a ۱/۱۰ (V/V) mixture of Thymus vulgarisextracts in yoghurts mixed with foods used for the birds fed ۴ to ۵ times a day for ۵ days; At theend of herbal therapy the second stool culture showed no any motile salmonella Sp.were isolated.Conclusion : The current WHO reports attend to resistant salmonella Sp. outbreaks in foodanimals which should be safe controlled for public health.

کلیدواژه ها:

Salmonellosis ، Pheasnts ، Thymus vulgaris ، Resistant ، treatment