<p>Of the 189 E. coli isolated, (72.14%, 101/140) were in feces and (62.86%, 88/140) in MLN. Salmonella spp carriage was 22 isolates of which (2.14%, 3/140) in feces and (13.57%, 19/140) in MLN. About 64.6% of E. coli and 36.4% of Salmonella isolates showed resistance to the antibiotics tested. E. coli expressed resistance mainly to tetracycline (56.1% ,106/189), ampicillin (39.2%, 74/189) and trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole (35.4%, 67/189) while Salmonella spp showed resistance mainly to ampicillin (31.8%, 7/22). Only E. coli showed MDR up to eight antibiotics. Slaughter practices and environmental hygiene were sub-standard.</p>