Prevalence and genomic characteristics of zoonotic gastro-intestinal pathogens and ESBL/pAmpC producing among Swedish corvid birds.

: Wild birds pose a potential threat to animal and human health by spreading infectious diseases. In the present study, we studied the occurrence of bacterial zoonotic pathogens as well as enterobacteria with transferrable antimicrobial resistance genes among Swedish corvids. : Intestines from 66 jackdaws, crows, rooks and magpies from the vicinity of livestock farms at 14 locations in 7 counties were analysed by direct culture or PCR screening followed by culture. Isolates were investigated by whole-genome sequencing. : were detected in 82% and in 3% of the birds. ESBL-producing were found in one sample (2%) and carried . No with transferable carbapenem resistance were identified. No or O157:H7 were found, but PCR analysis for enterohaemorrhagic virulence genes revealed 35% positive samples for intimin, 9% for verotoxin 1 and 17% for verotoxin 2. isolates from corvids were compared to previously published isolates from Swedish sources by multi-locus sequence typing based on genome sequences. All corvid isolates formed a cluster, intermingled with human and chicken isolates. Our results indicate that is ubiquitous among Swedish corvid birds, with sporadic transmission to poultry and humans.