TY - GEN A1 - Kittl, Sonja A1 - Frey, Caroline F. A1 - Brodard, Isabelle A1 - Scalisi, Nadia A1 - Vargas Amado, Maria Elena A1 - Thomann, Andreas A1 - Schierack, Peter A1 - Jores, Joerg T1 - Zoonotic bacterial and parasitic intestinal pathogens in foxes, raccoons and other predators from eastern Germany T2 - Environmental Microbiology Reports N2 - AbstractIn this study, we investigated faecal specimens from legally hunted and road‐killed red foxes, raccoons, raccoon dogs, badgers and martens in Germany for parasites and selected zoonotic bacteria. We found that Baylisascaris procyonis, a zoonotic parasite of raccoons, had spread to northeastern Germany, an area previously presumed to be free of this parasite. We detected various pathogenic bacterial species from the genera Listeria, Clostridium (including baratii), Yersinia and Salmonella, which were analysed using whole‐genome sequencing. One isolate of Yersinia enterocolitica contained a virulence plasmid. The Salmonella Cholerasuis isolate encoded an aminoglycoside resistance gene and a parC point mutation, conferring resistance to ciprofloxacin. We also found tetracycline resistance genes in Paeniclostridium sordellii and Clostridium baratii. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that the isolates were polyclonal, indicating the absence of specific wildlife‐adapted clones. Predators, which scavenge from various sources including human settlements, acquire and spread zoonotic pathogens. Therefore, their role should not be overlooked in the One Health context. Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13261 SN - 1758-2229 VL - 16 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Wiley ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kuhnert, Peter A1 - Brodard, Isabelle A1 - Ackermann, Stefanie A1 - Schierack, Peter A1 - Jores, Joerg A1 - Heliyon, J. T1 - Serological and molecular detection as well as typing of Leptospira spp. in foxes, raccoons, and other wild carnivores in North-Eastern Germany, 2021–2022 T2 - Heliyon Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23268 SN - 2405-8440 VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - Elsevier BV ER -