Resistance to carbapenems and other antibiotics in found in seals indicates anthropogenic pollution.

Background: The beta-lactamase enzyme OXA-48 has spread widely in recent years in Enterobacteriaceae associated with man, disseminated primarily on incompatibility group L/M plasmids. OXA-48 confers resistance to carbapenems, important antimicrobials for treating highly resistant bacterial infections in humans. This enzyme has rarely been detected in bacteria from animals.

First Case of Idiopathic Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis in a Sheep.

A 1.5-year-old ewe was presented with neurological signs that had been observed from about 2 days prior to death. There had been no clinical response to anti-inflammatory and antibiotic treatment.

Spindle Cell Tumor in a Brown Long-eared Bat ().

Most reports of neoplasia in bats are in captive Egyptian fruit bats (), a megachiropteran species. Only three reports of neoplasia in microchiropteran species have been reported. We report the detection of a tumor in a wild brown long-eared bat (), a microchiropteran species, in England.