Abstract
This letter describes possible pathogen and antimicrobial resistance spillover from agricultural systems to wildlife through detection of zoonotic streptococci with resistance to a common veterinary antibiotic in a wild Tasmanian platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). We propose platypus as a potential One Health sentinel species for surveillance in freshwater ecosystems.This letter describes possible pathogen and antimicrobial resistance spillover from agricultural systems to wildlife through detection of zoonotic streptococci with resistance to a common veterinary antibiotic in a wild Tasmanian platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). We propose platypus as a potential One Health sentinel species for surveillance in freshwater ecosystems.