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Characteristics of High-Level Aminoglycoside-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Isolated from Bulk Tank Milk in Korea

Animals 2021, 11(6), 1724; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061724
by Hyo Jung Kang 1, Sunghyun Yoon 1,2, Koeun Kim 1 and Young Ju Lee 1,*
Reviewer 1:
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Animals 2021, 11(6), 1724; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061724
Submission received: 20 May 2021 / Revised: 7 June 2021 / Accepted: 7 June 2021 / Published: 9 June 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antimicrobial Resistance in Veterinary Medicine and Public Health)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

see attached report

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Thank you for your detailed review of my article.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

Abstract

The abstract should start by mentioning clearly the objectives of the study (see below).

Introduction.

The first paragraph contains very basic knowledge and is really redundant. It should be deleted.

The text needs to start from the sentences: Enterococci have increasingly emerged as a cause of serious ….

The current European Union official documentation should also be referred to. Please remember that this is an international journal and the EU is the only international entity that has both scientific AND legislative documentATION about resistance to antimicrobials.

The objectives of the study should be clearly mentioned as follows: The objectives of the study were ……..

Materials and methods

Please list the criteria for selection, inclusion and exclusion, of the 395 farms.

Please include a map with all the locations of the farms.

Table 1. Please move as supplementary material.

Results

Please provide 95% confidence intervals for all proportions listed.

Figure 1. Please colourise rather than using shades of gray.

Please provide exact P values, a dichotomous approach is not acceptable at all, as it raises issues. If this issue is corrected, it will lead directly to rejection at the next round of evaluation.

Please provide an analysis by geographical location of the farm.

Analysis by dairy companies (3.1.) did not offer any valuable results. It should be deleted or at worst transferred in supplementary material. Also, I cannot see the value for the DOX difference among companies; it is said P<0.05, how much exactly was this significance? Really this analysis is totally wrong and does not offer anything useful.

Associations should be presented between phenotyping findings, AMR genes and virulence genes.

Discussion

The discussion should be written from scratch based on the new analysis and results as indicated above.

The manuscript is important, but the authors have taken this entirely wrong approach with the five dairy companies and decreased the value. This approach is superficial and erroneous. The authors should change their approach. An entirely new statistical analysis must be made and presented. Associations should be evaluated.

As it is now, the manuscript appears to be of little interest.

The authors must make the changes and resubmit a correctly revised manuscript for further evaluation. I foresee another 2 to 3 more rounds of evaluation before possible acceptance.

Author Response

Thank you for your detailed review of my article.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

This is a fantastic work that clearly should be published as top priority in the journal. 

An excellent study with fantastic methodologies, that have been used very well in this context. 

The authors should be commended for performing such top-class work.

The work has been well-planned, well-executed and well-presented.

This manuscript can be published as it is.

Congratulations

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