TY - JOUR
T1 - MULTI-DRUG RESISTANCE PATTERNS of ENTERIC BACTERIA in TWO POPULATIONS of FREE-RANGING EASTERN BOX TURTLES (TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA)
AU - Rasmussen, Cari
AU - Allender, Matthew C.
AU - Phillips, Christopher A.
AU - Byrd, John
AU - Lloyd, Terrell
AU - Maddox, Carol
N1 - Acknowledgments: We thank John Rucker and his dogs, the University of Illinois veterinary students, and members of the Prairie Research Institute. Funding for this project was supported by the University of Illinois One Health Institute.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - Gram-negative isolates (n = 84) from 71% of free-ranging Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in Illinois and Tennessee, United States, demonstrated resistance to at least one antibiotic while 30% of isolates demonstrated resistance to two or more antibiotics. Resistance was observed against cefoxitin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, cefazolin, ampicillin, ticarcillin, cefovecin, and ceftiofur. Gram-positive bacteria were isolated from 49 turtles, and all were observed to be resistant to two or more antibiotics. Gram-positive isolate resistance was observed to penicillin, cefoxitin, oxacillin, clindamycin, amikacin, enrofloxacin, cefovecin, ceftiofur, cefazolin, marbofloxacin, gentamicin, erythromycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and chloramphenicol. Health parameters including packed cell volume, total white blood cell count (WBC), total solids (TS), and weight were not significantly different based on antibiotic resistance patterns; however, decreasing WBC and TS were observed when the number of antibiotic-resistant detections in Gram-positive bacteria increased.
AB - Gram-negative isolates (n = 84) from 71% of free-ranging Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in Illinois and Tennessee, United States, demonstrated resistance to at least one antibiotic while 30% of isolates demonstrated resistance to two or more antibiotics. Resistance was observed against cefoxitin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, cefazolin, ampicillin, ticarcillin, cefovecin, and ceftiofur. Gram-positive bacteria were isolated from 49 turtles, and all were observed to be resistant to two or more antibiotics. Gram-positive isolate resistance was observed to penicillin, cefoxitin, oxacillin, clindamycin, amikacin, enrofloxacin, cefovecin, ceftiofur, cefazolin, marbofloxacin, gentamicin, erythromycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and chloramphenicol. Health parameters including packed cell volume, total white blood cell count (WBC), total solids (TS), and weight were not significantly different based on antibiotic resistance patterns; however, decreasing WBC and TS were observed when the number of antibiotic-resistant detections in Gram-positive bacteria increased.
KW - Box turtle
KW - Citrobacter
KW - Enterococcus
KW - antibiotic resistance
KW - ecosystem health
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U2 - 10.1638/2016-0194.1
DO - 10.1638/2016-0194.1
M3 - Article
C2 - 28920793
AN - SCOPUS:85029677417
SN - 1042-7260
VL - 48
SP - 708
EP - 715
JO - Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
JF - Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
IS - 3
ER -