title: Avian Pathogenicity Genes and Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolates from Wild Norway Rats ( Rattus norvegicus ) in British Columbia, Canada.
abstract: We report avian pathogenic and antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli in wild Norway rats ( Rattus norvegicus ) trapped at a commercial chicken hatchery in British Columbia, Canada, and provide evidence that rats can become colonized with, and possibly act as a source of, poultry pathogens present in their environment.
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 E Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z9, Canada;|2 Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, 1767 Angus Campbell Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia, V3G 2M3, Canada;
authors.forename: Chelsea G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Himsworth
authors.affiliation: 2 Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, 1767 Angus Campbell Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia, V3G 2M3, Canada;
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zabek
authors.affiliation: 3 Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, 110 Stone Road W, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 3W4, Canada;
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desruisseau
authors.affiliation: 3 Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, 110 Stone Road W, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 3W4, Canada;
authors.forename: E Jane
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Parmley
authors.affiliation: 3 Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, 110 Stone Road W, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 3W4, Canada;
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reid-Smith
authors.affiliation: 2 Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, 1767 Angus Campbell Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia, V3G 2M3, Canada;
authors.forename: Mira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leslie
authors.affiliation: 4 Ambrose Poultry Consulting Ltd., PO Box 80, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, V2W 1V9, Canada;
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ambrose
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 E Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z9, Canada;
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.affiliation: 2 Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, 1767 Angus Campbell Road, Abbotsford, British Columbia, V3G 2M3, Canada;
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents