Journal
VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 227, Issue -, Pages 78-81Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.10.020
Keywords
Escherichia coli; Colistin resistance; mcr-1; IncHI2 plasmids; Rabbits
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- FCT/MCTES - Foundation for Science and Technology from PIDDAC
- European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the COMPETE - Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade (POFC) programme [UID/Multi/04423/2013]
- project INNOVMAR - Innovation and Sustainability in the Management and Exploitation of Marine Resources (Research Line NOVELMAR) [NORTE-01- 0145-FEDER-000035]
- North Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
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The emergence of mobile colistin resistance genes (mcr) is yet another challenge in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, with reports proving the dissemination of these genes in different countries and different environments being of great concern. In the present study, we describe the recovery of three E. coli strains with mcr-1 gene in IncHI2 plasmids from intestinal content of necropsied meat rabbits reared in two intensive production systems in Portugal. Our findings are worrisome, given the high level of dependence on the usage of antibiotics in rabbit rearing and call for the development and implementation of an active surveillance system in this species.
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