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A total of 36 and 31 enterococci isolates were recovered from 42 common buzzard faecal samples. The isolates showed high levels of resistance to streptomycin and tetracycline. The following resistance genes were detected: (20 of 22 ampicillin-resistant isolates), (A) and/or (B) (16 of 27 tetracycline-resistant isolates), (eight of 27 streptomycin-resistant isolates), (three of 15 chloramphenicol-resistant isolates), with/without (all seven gentamicin-resistant isolates) and and/or and/or [all eight sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim-resistant (SXT) isolates]. and genes were detected in four SXT-resistant isolates. The virulence-associated genes (type 1 fimbriae), (P fimbriae) and (aerobactin) were detected in 61.1, 13.8 and 11.1 % of the isolates, respectively. The isolates belonged to phylogroups A (47.2 %), B1 (8.3 %), B2 (13.9 %) and D (30.5 %). For the enterococci isolates, was the most prevalent species (48.4 %). High levels of tetracycline and erythromycin resistance were found among our isolates (87 and 81 %, respectively). Most of the tetracycline-resistant strains carried the (M) and/or (L) genes. The (B) gene was detected in 80 % of erythromycin-resistant isolates. The (D) and/or (E) genes were found in nine of the 17 quinupristin–dalfopristin-resistant isolates. The enterococcal isolates showing high-level resistance for kanamycin, gentamicin and streptomycin contained the and genes, respectively. This report reveals that common buzzards seem to represent an important reservoir, or at least a source, of multi-resistant and enterococci isolates, and consequently may represent a considerable hazard to human and animal health by transmission of these isolates to waterways and other environmental sources via their faecal deposits.

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