%0 Journal Article
%T Zero prevalence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 300 breeding Collared Flycatchers in Sweden
%A Josef D. J£¿rhult
%A Johan Stedt
%A Lars Gustafsson
%J Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
%D 2013
%I Co-Action Publishing
%R 10.3402/iee.v3i0.20909
%X Wild birds are important indicators and potential spreaders of antibiotic resistance. The order Passerines is scarcely studied apart from Corvus sp. but extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) has been found in Blackbirds. We tested 300 fecal samples from a well-studied population of Collared Flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) at the Island of Gotland in Sweden and found no ESBL-producing bacteria. These results support the idea of ¡®ecological guild¡¯ as Blackbirds are ground-foraging invertebrate feeders, whereas Collared Flycatchers are aerial insectivores not regularly coming into contact with fecal contaminations and therefore less prone to acquire pathogens spread by the fecal¨Coral route.
%K ESBL
%K E. coli
%K Passerines
%K wild birds
%K antibiotic resistance
%K surveillance
%U www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee/article/download/20909/pdf_1