Antimicrobial Resistance of and Genomic Insights into Pasteurella multocida Strains Isolated from Australian Pigs.

Microbiol Spectr

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

Published: February 2023

Infection with Pasteurella multocida represents a significant economic threat to Australian pig producers, yet our knowledge of its antimicrobial susceptibilities is lagging, and genomic characterization of P. multocida strains associated with porcine lower respiratory disease is internationally scarce. This study utilized high-throughput robotics to phenotypically and genetically characterize an industry-wide collection of 252 clinical P. multocida isolates that were recovered between 2014 and 2019. Overall, antimicrobial resistance was found to be low, with clinical resistance below 1% for all tested antimicrobials except those from the tetracycline class. Five dominant sequence types, representing 64.8% of all isolates, were identified; they were disseminated across farms and had previously been detected in various animal hosts and countries. P. multocida in Australian farms remain controllable via current antimicrobial therapeutic protocols. The identification of highly dominant, interspecies-infecting strains provides insight into the epidemiology of the opportunistic pathogen, and it highlights a biosecurity threat to the Australian livestock industry. Pasteurellosis is rated by the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) as a high-impact disease in livestock. Although it is well understood in many host-disease contexts, our understanding of the organism in porcine respiratory disease is limited. Given its high frequency of involvement in porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC), it is important that we are aware of its antimicrobial susceptibilities so that we can respond quickly and appropriately with antimicrobial therapy. Genetic insights about the organism can help us to better understand its epidemiology and inform our biosecurity practices and prophylactic management.

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