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A study of red-naped ibises in Udaipur has found a wide range of gut bacteria in their droppings, including multidrug-resistant strains.
Researchers from Mohanlal Sukhadia University analysed 45 faecal samples and 60 bacterial isolates, publishing the results in the journal EcoHealth.
About 40 per cent of the isolates resisted at least three classes of antibiotics, including the third-generation cephalosporin cefotaxime, with reduced susceptibility to the carbapenem imipenem.
Two species, Enterobacter mori and Enterobacter soli, were reported from this bird for the first time anywhere.
The red-naped ibis is a resident, non-migratory wading bird of the Indian plains, listed as Least Concern by the IUCN and placed in Schedule II of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
An approach that treats human, animal and environmental health as a single system. Resistant bacteria pass between farms, sewage, wildlife and hospitals, so surveillance confined to human patients misses much of the reservoir.
Simple Analogy: Treating only the tap while the well stays contaminated.
Places the red-naped ibis in Schedule II; the 2022 amendment reorganised the Act's six schedules into four
India's cross-sectoral framework on AMR, built on the One Health principle that this study illustrates
Restricts over-the-counter sale of specified antibiotics, one of the main regulatory levers against resistance in India
GS Paper III > Science and technology, health; environment and biodiversity
General Awareness > Environment and biology
Resistance of an organism to at least one agent in three or more classes of antimicrobials
A class of last-resort beta-lactam antibiotics, of which imipenem is one; resistance to it is a serious clinical signal
A species monitored because its condition signals environmental hazards relevant to human health