Not All Street Food Is Bad: Low Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant in Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Meats in Ghana Is Associated with Good Vendors' Knowledge of Meat Safety.

Foodborne infections due to the consumption of meat is a significant threat to public health. However, good vendor and consumer knowledge of meat safety could prevent meat contamination with and transmission of foodborne pathogens like Salmonella. Thus, this study investigated the vendor and consumer perception, knowledge, and practices of meat safety regarding ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and how this affected the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of in RTE meats in the streets of Ghana.

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Isolated from Various Meat Types in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana.

Meats are important potential sources of foodborne pathogens including . This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of isolated from meats in the Tamale metropolis of Ghana. Isolation of was done using the procedure according to the USA-FDA .

Prevalence, phylogenomic insights, and phenotypic characterization of isolated from meats in the Tamale metropolis of Ghana.

Characterization of foodborne pathogens including species allows for the determination of their relationship and/or relatedness with others. This study characterized isolated from five meat types (mutton, beef, chevon, guinea fowl, and local chicken) obtained from Tamale metropolis, Ghana. The were characterized phenotypically ( = 44) based on their antibiotic resistance pattern with the disc diffusion method and genetically ( = 16) using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) as well as with bioinformatic analysis for the prediction of their clonal and phylogenomic relationship.

Whole-genome sequencing of Escherichia coli isolated from contaminated meat samples collected from the Northern Region of Ghana reveals the presence of multiple antimicrobial resistance genes.

Objectives: This study reports the draft genomes of 14 Escherichia coli isolated from contaminated meat samples collected from the Northern Region of Ghana in order to determine the presence of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) and genetic relatedness of the isolates.

Methods: The 14 E. coli isolates were of beef (n=3), mutton (n=2), chevon (n=3), local chicken (n=3) and guinea fowl (n=3) origin.

Phenotypic diversity, major genes and production potential of local chickens and guinea fowl in Tamale, northern Ghana.

Objective: Our study provides information on phenotypes of local chickens and guinea fowl and their body measures as well as on major genes in local chickens in northern Ghana.

Methods: Qualitative and morphometric traits were recorded on 788 local chickens and 394 guinea fowl in urban households in Tamale, Ghana.

Results: The results showed considerable variation of color traits and numerous major genes in local chickens, while color variations and related genotypes in guinea fowl were limited.