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AMR in the One Health Context: AMR and Wildlife, 2 ATF credits

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment—particularly in water, soil, and wildlife—is now of global, strategic importance. The “One Health” approach is central to researching and preventing the spread of AMR, as resistant pathogens and genes (ARGs) circulate among humans, animals, and ecosystems via the environment. The environment is not merely a passive recipient but acts as a reservoir and “laboratory” for the evolution of resistance.

In the third part of the lecture series, we will feature three presentations on the topic of “AMR and Wildlife”:

This lecture series is accredited for 2 ATF credits.

13:00 

Welcome & short presentation of One Health Platform

13:10 - 13:45 

Lecture: ESBL-E. coli in wildlife and waste water

PD Dr. Dr. Timo Homeier-Bachmann

Institute of Epidemiology, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Federal Research Center for Animal Health, Greifswald – Riems Island

Key points:  

  • ESBL-producing E. coli occur at low frequencies in wild animals
  • ESBL-producing E. coli are regularly released into the environment via wastewater
  • Metagenomic analyses show only low frequencies of resistance genes in wild animals

Questions & Discussion

13:45 - 14:15

Lecture: Dermatophytes and the skin resistome

Prof. Dr. med. vet. Jesper Larsen

Reference Laboratory for Antibiotic Resistance and Staphylococci, Division of Bacteria, Parasites, and Fungi, Office of Infectious Disease Prevention

Statens Serum Institut, Denmark

Key points: 

  • Dermatophytes have produced penicillin for millions of years
  • Commensal skin bacteria became resistant to naturally produced penicillin
  • Ancient resistance genes (blaZ and mecA homologues) were horizontally transferred to S. aureus and other pathogenic skin bacteria at the onset of the antibiotic era

Questions & Discussion

14:15 - 14:45

Lecture: Shared Landscapes, Shared Resistance in African Wildlife Systems

Dr. Dishon Muloi

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenia

Key points:

  • Wildlife, livestock, and humans share space closely in both urban and rural African settings, making wildlife an integral part of the AMR landscape.
  • Is wildlife a villain, a victim, or simply a mirror reflecting back our own behaviour?
  • AMR also carries a direct cost to wildlife health, what are knock-on effects for biodiversity? What do we measure? How do we measure?

Questions & Discussion

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