Summary ESBL‐/AmpC‐producing Escherichia coli from organic fertilizers were previously detected on soil surfaces of arable land and might be emitted by wind erosion. To investigate this potential environmental transmission path, we exposed ESBL‐/AmpC‐positive chicken litter, incorporated in agricultural soils, to different wind velocities in a wind tunnel and took air samples for microbiological analysis. No data exist concern...

Summary During a field experiment applying broiler manure for fertilization of agricultural land, we detected viable Clostridioides (also known as Clostridium ) difficile in broiler faeces, manure, dust and fertilized soil. A large diversity of toxigenic C . difficile isolates was recovered, including PCR ribotypes common from human disease. Genomic relatedness of C . difficile isolates from dust and from soil, recovered more...