Summary:
- Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) discovered that house mice living in agricultural environments carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, highlighting the role of wildlife in the transmission of resistance.
- The study demonstrates that the use of antibiotics in livestock farming contributes to an environmental reservoir of resistance genes, which can spread to wild populations and potentially back to humans, emphasizing that antibiotic resistance is an ecological issue rather than strictly a clinical one.