Table 8 The prevalence of Enterococcus-associated vancomycin resistance genes in healthy racing pigeons
Enterococcus spp. | No. of isolates | Number (%) of isolates harbouring the van gene | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
vanA | vanB | vanC1 | vanC2-C3 | ||
E. columbae | 50 | 0 | 5 (10%) | 8 (16%) | 1 (2%) |
E. hirae | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 (13.3%) | 6 (20%)*↑ |
E. faecium | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 (11.8%) | 0 (0%) |
E. faecalis | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 (11.8%) | 0 (0%) |
E. gallinarum | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 (69.2%)*↑ | 0 (0%) |
E. mundtii | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
E. casseliflavus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0%) | 5 (100%)*↑ |
E. cecorum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 (66.7%) | 0 (0%) |
E. durans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Total | 145 | 0 | 5 (3.4%) | 27 (18.6%) | 12 (8.3%) |