Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli in endangered Okinawa rail (Gallirallus okinawae) inhabiting areas around a livestock farm.

ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an important issue for public, animal and environmental health. It has been suggested that livestock farms could be a source origin of AMR, and some wild animals that inhabit this area may play an important role in the spread of AMR in the natural environment. The prevalence of AMR in Escherichia coli was examined from Okinawa rails (Gallirallus okinawae), an endemic bird in Okinawa Main Island, Japan. Forty-eight faecal samples of wild Okinawa rails were collected from around a livestock farm area (LA), near human settlements, in which a population of the Okinawa rail had newly inhabited for feeding, and a forest area (FA), their natural habitat. Among 16 E. coli-positive faecal samples collected around LA, 11/16 (69%) showed antimicrobial resistance and

SUBMITTER: Ishibashi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868450 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature