Table 2 Average distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes (copies per million) at class level in all sample types across both farm types
|  | Conventional farms | Organic farms | Reference | Significance – P values | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF | CL | CM | CS | OF | OL | OM | OS | RS | FT | ST | FT:ST | |
Aminocoumarins | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.60 | 0.00 | 0.940 | 0.466 | 0.927 |
Aminoglycosides | 220.54 | 176.20 | 32.76 | 0.00 | 22.51 | 75.26 | 57.79 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.356 | 0.564 | 0.716 |
Bacitracin | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.526 | 0.564 | 0.741 |
Betalactams | 751.60 | 18.07 | 6.02 | 0.00 | 180.36 | 1.28 | 4.61 | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.042 |
CAP | 23.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.13 | 5.46 | 0.00 | 0.356 | 0.529 | 0.562 |
Glycopeptides | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.73 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 17.81 | 12.44 | 0.922 | 0.015 | 0.741 |
MLS | 983.59 | 158.17 | 30.21 | 10.71 | 271.03 | 80.99 | 12.65 | 2.46 | 0.00 | 0.008 | 0.015 | 0.188 |
Multi-drug resistance | 23.51 | 9.57 | 2.55 | 23.76 | 0.00 | 7.14 | 0.79 | 63.64 | 41.10 | 0.356 | 0.564 | 0.188 |
Mupirocin | 23.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 54.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.690 | 0.980 | 0.741 |
Nucleosides | 10.61 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.356 | 0.529 | 0.716 |
Phenicol | 0.00 | 3.64 | 2.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.09 | 6.45 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.922 | 0.980 | 0.741 |
Rifampin | 52.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.13 | 61.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.28 | 1.83 | 0.922 | 0.980 | 0.927 |
Sulfonamides | 2.06 | 12.77 | 3.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32.30 | 11.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.922 | 0.980 | 0.927 |
Tetracyclines | 3942.03 | 365.02 | 67.56 | 0.47 | 838.18 | 165.77 | 18.92 | 4.37 | 0.00 | 0.005 | 0.013 | 0.186 |
Trimethoprim | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.47 | 0.44 | 0.23 | 0.922 | 0.642 | 0.562 |