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Porcine test data from June 2003 to February 2016 were obtained from commercial veterinary pathology laboratory records. In total, 470\/477 unique submissions resulted in bacterial growth, yielding 779 isolates. Sample type was recorded for 360\/477 (75.5%); lung (79\/360; 21.9%), faecal (61\/360; 16.9%) and intestinal (45\/360; 12.5%) were most common. The most common isolates were Escherichia coli (186\/779, 23.9%), Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (43\/779; 5.5%), Streptococcus suis (43\/779; 5.5%), unidentified Campylobacter spp. (38\/779; 4.9%), alpha haemolytic Streptococci (32\/779; 4.1%), coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp. (26\/779; 3.3%), and Pasteurella multocida (25\/779; 3.2%). Susceptibility results were available for 141\/779 (18.1%) isolates from 62\/470 (13.2%) submissions. Most were susceptible to trimethoprim-sulphonamide (75\/81; 92.6%), but fewer were susceptible to penicillin (37\/77; 48.1%), tilmicosin (18\/43; 41.9%), or tetracyclines (41\/114; 36.0%). No susceptibility data were available for Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp., or Yersinia spp. isolates. MDR was present in 60\/141 (42.6%) isolates. More data on sample submission drivers, antimicrobial drug use, and susceptibilities of important porcine bacterial isolates are required to inform guidelines for prudent antimicrobial use, to reduce their prevalence, human transmission, and to minimise AMR and MDR.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani10081427","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,14]],"date-time":"2020-08-14T13:00:18Z","timestamp":1597410018000},"page":"1427","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Isolates, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles and Multidrug Resistance of Bacteria Cultured from Pig Submissions in New Zealand"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8679-7986","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christopher B.","family":"Riley","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kirsty L.","family":"Chidgey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Janis P.","family":"Bridges","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Emma","family":"Gordon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kevin E.","family":"Lawrence","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"90","DOI":"10.1016\/j.prevetmed.2009.02.002","article-title":"Space-time clustering of ampicillin resistant Escherichia coli isolated from Danish pigs at slaughter between 1997 and 2005","volume":"89","author":"Abatih","year":"2009","journal-title":"Prev. 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