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Background On-farm hatching (OH) systems are becoming more common in broiler production. Hatching conditions differ from conventional farms as OH chicks avoid exposure to handling, transport, post-hatch water and feed deprivation. In contrast, chicks in conventional hatching conditions (CH) are exposed to standard hatchery procedures and transported post hatching. The objectives of this pilot study were to investigate the prevalence and frequency of  Escherichia coli  resistant to antimicrobials, including presumptive ESBL/AmpC-producing  E. coli , isolated from environmental and faecal samples from OH versus CH hatching systems, and to investigate the presence of ESBL/AmpC-producing encoding genes. Results Environmental samples were collected from one flock in 10 poultry farms (5 OH farms, 5 CH farms) on day 0 post disinfection of the facilities to assess hygiene standards. On D10 and D21 post egg/chick arrival onto the farm, samples of faeces, boot swabs and water drinker lines were collected. E. coli  were isolated on MacConkey agar (MC) and MacConkey supplemented with cefotaxime (MC+). Few  E. coli  were detected on D0. However, on D10 and D21  E. coli  isolates were recovered from faeces and boot swabs. Water samples had minimal contamination. In this study, 100% of cefotaxime resistant  E. coli  isolates ( n =33) detected on selective media and 44% of  E. coli  isolates (84/192) detected on nonselective media were multidrug resistant (MDR). The antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genotype for the 15 ESBL/AmpC producing isolates was determined using multiplex PCR. Six of these were selected for Sanger sequencing of which two were positive for  bla  CMY-2 , two for  bla  TEM-1  and two were positive for both genes. Conclusions There was no difference in  E. coli  isolation rates or prevalence of AMR found between the OH versus CH systems, suggesting that the OH system may not be an additional risk of resistant  E. coli  dissemination to broilers compared to the CH systems. The frequency of β-lactam resistant  E. coli  in boot swab and faeces samples across both OH (24/33 (73%)) and CH (9/33 (27%)) systems may indicate that hatcheries could be a reservoir and major contributor to the transmission of AMR bacteria to flocks after entry to the rearing farms.

Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from on-farm and conventional hatching broiler farms in Ireland