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- Title
Cross-Sectional Study on Prevalence and Molecular Characteristics of Plasmid Mediated ESBL/AmpC-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Veal Calves at Slaughter
- Authors
Hordijk, Joost; Wagenaar, Jaap A.; Kant, Arie; van Essen-Zandbergen, Alieda; Dierikx, Cindy; Veldman, Kees; Wit, Ben; Mevius, Dik
- Abstract
Objectives: The presence of ESBL/AmpC-producing E. coli in cattle has been reported previously, however information on veal calves is limited. This study describes the prevalence and molecular characteristics of E. coli with non-wild type susceptibility to cefotaxime in veal calves at slaughter. Methods: Faecal samples from 100 herds, 10 individual animals per herd, were screened for E. coli with non-wild type susceptibility for cefotaxime. Molecular characterization of ESBL/AmpC genes and plasmids was performed on one isolate per herd by microarray, PCR and sequence analysis. Results: 66% of the herds were positive for E. coli with non-wild type susceptibility for cefotaxime. Within-herd prevalence varied from zero to 90%. 83% of E. coli producing ESBL/AmpC carried blaCTX-M genes, of which blaCTX-M-1, blaCTX-M-14 and blaCTX-M-15 were most prevalent. The dominant plasmids were IncI1 and IncF-type plasmids. Conclusions: A relatively high prevalence of various blaCTX-M producing E. coli was found in veal calves at slaughter. The genes were mainly located on IncI1 and IncF plasmids.
- Subjects
MOLECULAR genetics; ESCHERICHIA coli; SLAUGHTERING; PLASMIDS; CEFOTAXIME; POLYMERASE chain reaction; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0065681