dc.contributor.author | Agnew, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Fanning, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Bearhop, S | |
dc.contributor.author | McMahon, BJ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-28T09:16:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-09-15 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the most significant threat to global public health and ascertaining the role wild birds play in the epidemiology of resistance is critically important. This study investigated the prevalence of AMR Gram-negative bacteria among long-distance migratory East Canadian High Arctic (ECHA) light-bellied Brent geese found wintering on the east coast of Ireland. FINDINGS: In this study a number of bacterial species were isolated from cloacal swabs taken from ECHA light-bellied Brent geese. Nucleotide sequence analysis identified five species of Gram-negative bacteria; the dominant isolated species were Pantoea spp. (n = 5) followed by Buttiauxella agrestis (n = 2). Antimicrobial susceptibility disk diffusion results identified four of the Pantoea spp. strains, and one of the Buttiauxella agrestis strains resistant to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge this is the first record of AMR bacteria isolated from long distance migratory ECHA light-bellied Brent geese. This indicates that this species may act as reservoirs and potential disseminators of resistance genes into remote natural ecosystems across their migratory range. This population of geese frequently forage (and defecate) on public amenity areas during the winter months presenting a potential human health risk. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | SB is funded by a European Research Councils consolidators grant (STATEMIG: 310820). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 69, article 13 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s13620-016-0072-7 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/24146 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central for Veterinary Ireland | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27651892 | en_GB |
dc.rights | Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Antimicrobial resistance | en_GB |
dc.subject | Light-bellied Brent geese | en_GB |
dc.subject | Migratory | en_GB |
dc.subject | Wild birds | en_GB |
dc.subject | Wildlife | en_GB |
dc.title | Insights into antimicrobial resistance among long distance migratory East Canadian High Arctic light-bellied Brent geese (Branta bernicla hrota) | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-28T09:16:47Z | |
exeter.place-of-publication | Ireland | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from BioMed Central via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Irish Veterinary Journal | en_GB |