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Different Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella spp. Serovars Isolated from Slaughter Calves in Southern Brazil

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Bovines are carriers of Salmonella spp., a relevant foodborne pathogen, acting as contamination sources in slaughterhouses. Calves are prone to infection, and antimicrobial resistance may occur in such bacteria. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and virulence determinants of Salmonella spp. recovered from calves in the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Eighty-five calves’ carcasses were evaluated (leather and veal meat). Thirteen Salmonella spp. isolates (8%) from 11 animals (13%) were obtained only from leather, indicating that contamination occurred before slaughter and that the meat was safe regarding this aspect. The serotypes S. Minnesota, S. Abony, S. Cerro, and S. Gafsa were identified, and all isolates were multidrug-resistant. The isolates had at least 19 virulence-related genes, and the blaOXA-48 resistance gene was detected in three (23%). The data suggest that treating infections caused by these bacteria may be difficult in animals from these farms and can also be an extended human health problem.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development of Rio Grande do Sul and the State Slaughterhouse of Calves that allowed the collection of material for the study.

Funding

This work was funded by Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP, Grant No. 01.12.0113.00). FQM is CNPq 2 research fellow (315255/2021-8).

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  1. Centro de Pesquisa em Saúde Animal, Departamento de Diagnóstico e Pesquisa Agropecuária, Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor, Secretaria da Agricultura, Pecuária e Desenvolvimento Rural, Estrada Municipal do Conde, 6000, Sans Souci, Eldorado do Sul, RS, 92990-000, Brazil

    Alex Dall Agnol Gabana, Bruna Correa Lopes, Júlia Alves de Oliveira, Luana da Silva Monteiro, Mario de Menezes Coppola & Fabiana Quoos Mayer

  2. Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioexperimentação, Universidade de Passo Fundo, BR 285, Campus I, São José, Passo Fundo, RS, 99052-900, Brazil

    Adriana Souto Pereira Núncio & Laura Beatriz Rodrigues

  3. Centro de Diagnóstico e Pesquisa em Patologia Aviária, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9090, Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS, 91540-000, Brazil

    Thales Quedi Furian & Karen Apellanis Borges

  4. Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500 - Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS, 91501-970, Brazil

    Fabiana Quoos Mayer

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Conceptualization, review, and editing: all authors; Data curation: ADAG, FQM; Sample collection: ADAG; Bacteriological analyses: ADAG, ASPN, BCL, JAO, LSM, MMC; Molecular biology analyses: TQF, KAB, FQM. Resources and founding acquisition: FQM, LBR; Writing: ADAG, FQM; All authors read, review and approved the final manuscript.

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Gabana, A.D.A., Núncio, A.S.P., Lopes, B.C. et al. Different Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella spp. Serovars Isolated from Slaughter Calves in Southern Brazil. Curr Microbiol 80, 11 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-022-03136-5

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