| Title |
Wild birds as carriers of antimicrobial resistant bacteria / |
| Authors |
Ruzauskas, Modestas ; Merkeviciene, Lina ; Eigirdas, Vytautas ; Ruzauskaite, Neda ; Morkunas, Julius |
| ISBN |
9789955189794 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
18th Conference of goose specialist group : conference abstracts : 27-30 March, 2018, Klaipėda, Lithuania.. [Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla], 2018. p. 87.. ISBN 9789955189794 |
| Keywords [eng] |
waterfowl ; gulls ; bacteria ; antimicrobials |
| Abstract [eng] |
Migratory birds are investigated as potential carriers of antimicrobial resistant bacteria that can be spread globally. The aim of this study was to investigate the carriage of multi-resistant bacteria in waterfowl and gulls. accal samples from gulls, swans, geese and ducks (n=416) were collected on parks, riverbanks, grasslands and municipal dumps in Lithuania. Staphylococcus and Escherichia coli wer selected for testing. Minimal inhibitory concentrations were determined and interpretation of the resuls was based on EUCAST clinical breakpoints. Isolates resistant to at least 3 antimicrobial classes were treated as multi-resistant. Staphylococci were isolated from 176 samples (42.3%) from which 64 samples were from waterfowl. Fifty seven isolates out of 17 were multi-registant however, only 3 isolates were from waterfowl while the rest of the samples were from gulls. Escherichia coli were isolated from 142 samples (34,1%) from which 44 isolates (31%) were treated as multi-resistant. The majority of multi-resistant isolates (40 out of 44) were from gulls and only 4 isolates were from waterfowl. The isolates demonstrated resistance to beta-lactams, sulphonamides and tetracyclines most frequently. According to the data obtained it may be outlined that wild birds are carriers of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria but the highest prealence are demonstrated in gulls that feed on dumps. Nevertheles, antimicrobial resistant bacteria may easily spread through water and infect other hosts including waterfowl. |
| Published |
[Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla], 2018 |
| Type |
Conference paper |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2018 |
