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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Prevalence and Persistence of Multidrug-Resistant

Nevijo Zdolec, Marta Kiš, Dean Jankuloski, Katerina Blagoevska, Snježana Kazazić, Marina Pavlak, Bojan Blagojević, Dragan Antić, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Valerij Pažin

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. ZoonoticVeterinary sciences · 2025
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Nevijo ZdolecFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-7413-8115
Marta KišFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Dean JankuloskiFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Food Institute, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia.
Katerina BlagoevskaFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Food Institute, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia.
Snježana KazazićRuder Boskovic Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-1136-2456
Marina PavlakFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Bojan BlagojevićFaculty of Agriculture, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.
Dragan AntićFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1301-2732
Maria Fredriksson-AhomaaFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-6129-8854
Valerij PažinFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

Funding

Ministry of Science and Education, Croatia Programme Contracts 2015-2021University of Zagreb Programme Contract 2015-2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Yersinia enterocolitica is one of the priority biological hazards in pork inspection. Persistence of the pathogen, including strains resistant to antimicrobials, should be evaluated in pigs from different housing systems for risk ranking of farms. In this 2019 study, tonsils were collected from 234 pigs, of which 69 (29.5%) were fattened on 3 big integrated farms, 130 (55.5%) on 10 medium-sized farms, and 35 (15%) on 13 small family farms. In addition, 92 pork cuts and minced meat samples from the same farms were tested for the presence of Y. enterocolitica using the culture method. Phenotypic and genetic characteristics of the isolates were compared with previously collected isolates from 2014. The overall prevalence of Y. enterocolitica in pig tonsils was 43% [95% CI 36.7−49.7]. In pigs from big integrated, medium-sized, and small family farms, the prevalence was 29%, 52%, and 40%, respectively. All retail samples of portioned and minced pork tested negative for pathogenic Y. enterocolitica, likely due to high hygienic standards in slaughterhouses/cutting meat or low sensitivity of culture methods in these matrices. The highest recovery rate of the pathogen from tonsils was found when alkali-treated PSB and CIN agar were combined. The biosecurity category of integrated and medium farms did not affect the differences in prevalence of Y. enterocolitica (p > 0.05), in contrast to family farms. Pathogenic ail-positive Y. enterocolitica biotype 4 serotype O:3 persisted in the tonsils of pigs regardless of the type of farm, slaughterhouse, and year of isolation 2014 and 2019. PFGE typing revealed the high genetic concordance (80.6 to 100%) of all the Y. enterocolitica 4/O:3 isolates. A statistically significant higher prevalence of multidrug-resistant Y. enterocolitica 4/O:3 isolates was detected in the tonsils of pigs from big integrated farms compared to the other farm types (p < 0.05), with predominant and increasing resistance to nalidixic acid, chloramphenicol, and streptomycin. This study demonstrated multidrug resistance of the pathogen in pigs likely due to more antimicrobial pressure on big farms, with intriguing resistance to some clinically relevant antimicrobials used in the treatment of yersiniosis in humans.

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antimicrobial resistancefarmpigsslaughterYersinia enterocolitica 4/O:3

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