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Presence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in farm and pet animals
L A Devriese1, M Ieven, H Goossens
1Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
Enterococcus faecium strains with vanA-mediated glycopeptide resistance were isolated by enrichment culture from the intestines and feces of several animal species, mainly horses and dogs (8% positive), chickens (7% positive), and pigs (6% positive). Other vanA-positive enterococcal strains were identified as E. durans in gallinaceous birds, E. faecalis in a horse, and E. gallinarum in a pheasant. Samples from pigeons, cage birds, and ruminants were negative. It was concluded that vancomycin resistance is widespread among isolates from farm and pet animals.