Antimicrobial resistance prevalence in <i>Escherichia coli</i> from German fattening pigs differs at subnational levels.

ABSTRACT: The European Union aggregates surveillance data for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in livestock at the member state level. However, data evaluated nationally do not allow regionalized risk assessment and reactions. In an attempt to estimate the magnitude and granularity of regional differences, we collected AMR data for Escherichia coli by sampling fecal matter using boot swabs from vehicles carrying fattening pigs to an abattoir with a cross-regional catchment area. One E. coli strain was isolated per animal transport and its susceptibility to 14 antimicrobials was determined by broth microdilution. The minimum inhibitory concentrations obtained served to group the isolates into wild type (without a resistance phenotype) and non-wild type (with a resistance phenotype) using

SUBMITTER: Richter M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12628832 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature