Antimicrobial Resistance and Zoonotic Potential of Nontyphoidal Salmonella From Household Dogs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Companion animals, like household dogs, are an overlooked transmission point for zoonotic pathogens such as nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS). Given the proximity of dogs to humans and the use of critically important antibiotics in companion animal medicine, household dogs represent a risk for the spread of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) Salmonella.

Methods and results

To this end, we aimed to leverage existing biosurveillance infrastructure to investigate AMR and the zoonotic potential of NTS isolated from dogs and humans. We identified all NTS strains isolated from domestic dogs via the Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network between May 2017 and March 2023 (N = 87), and spatiotemporally matched strains isolated from humans in the NCBI Pathogen Isola

SUBMITTER: Kenney SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11698641 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature