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Nevertheless, data on the epidemiology of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                      in pigeons are limited. This study investigated the epidemiological characteristics of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                      across the pigeon production chain (farms, slaughterhouses, and food markets) in Xinjiang. A total of 897 samples were collected from the pigeon production chain in Xinjiang. Bacterial isolation and characterization were performed, along with antimicrobial susceptibility testing,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">spa<\/jats:italic>\n                      typing, and virulence gene profiling. Overall,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                      was detected in 23.52% of samples, with high resistance rates to several antibiotics: SIZ (96.21%), ampicillin (95.73%), tetracycline (75.83%), and azithromycin (67.77%). Of the 161 unique\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolates, 98.76% harbored at least one virulence gene; the most frequently detected were\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">clfA<\/jats:italic>\n                      (97.52%) and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">hla<\/jats:italic>\n                      (80.75%). Moreover, 72.67% (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 117) carried at least one enterotoxin gene, with\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">seu<\/jats:italic>\n                      being the most prevalent (47.21%). 161\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                      had present the 15\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">spa<\/jats:italic>\n                      types, predominantly t502 (29.81%), t267 (24.22%), t127 (16.15%), t78 (10.56%), and t34 (7.45%). Notably,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">spa<\/jats:italic>\n                      type t34 was also identified among\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolates from patients in Chinese intensive care units (13.33%). 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