A5025099100- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
United States Department of Agriculture
2021
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
2021
In 2015, the mcr-1 gene was discovered in Escherichia coli domestic swine China that conferred resistance to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort used treating multi-drug resistant bacterial infections humans. Since then, found other human and animal populations, including wild gulls. Because gulls could disseminate gene, we conducted experiment assess whether are readily colonized with positive E. coli, their shedding patterns, transmission among conspecifics, environmental deposition....
Avian influenza A viruses (IAVs) pose risks to public, agricultural, and wildlife health. Bridge hosts are spillover that share habitat with both maintenance (e.g., mallards) target poultry). We conducted a comprehensive assessment of European starlings ( Sturnus vulgaris ), common visitor urban agricultural environments, assess whether this species might act as potential or bridge host for IAVs. First, we experimentally inoculated wild bird IAV investigate susceptibility replication...