First report of infection with metacestode stages of in a kulan () from Slovakia.

While the principle definitive host of the zoonotic cestode in Europe is the red fox, several rodent species act as main intermediate hosts. Among others, e.g.

Highly variable patterns of antimicrobial resistance in commensal Escherichia coli isolates from pigs, sympatric rodents, and flies.

Antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli strains from pigs, sympatric rodents, and flies from two large farms in the Czech Republic with different antibiotic exposure histories were characterized based on antimicrobial resistance genes, integrons, and macrorestriction DNA profiles. Isolates of E. coli were tested for susceptibility to 12 antimicrobial agents according to the standard disk diffusion method.