Table 1. Summary of the prevalence of presence (+) and absence (-) of relevant genes in clusters of sows and piglets clustered by antibiotic use.
Gene | Sows | Piglets | ||
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Antepartum | Postpartum | Suckling | Weaned | |
bla CTX-M | - | + Cluster 2 | + | - Cluster 2; 3 |
mcr1 | - | - | - Cluster 2 | - |
C. difficile | + Cluster 2 | + | + | + Cluster 2 |
C. perfringens | equal +/- | + | - | + |
Escherichia | + | |||
fae | + Cluster 4 | |||
fas | + Cluster 1 | +Cluster 2 | ||
fedA | equal +/- | - | - | + Cluster 1 |
+/- = prevalence of presence/absence in all clusters/farms.