Exploring the Antibiotic Resistance Burden in Livestock, Livestock Handlers and Their Non-Livestock Handling Contacts: A One Health Perspective

Exploring the Antibiotic Resistance Burden in Livestock, Livestock Handlers and Their Non-Livestock Handling Contacts: A One Health Perspective

Antibiotics are freqeuently used in the livestock sector in low- and middle-income countries for treatment, prophylaxis, and growth promotion. However, there is limited information into the zoonotic prevalence and dissemination patterns of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within these environments. In...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in microbiology 2021-04, Vol.12, p.651461-651461
Hauptverfasser: Hickman, Rachel A, Leangapichart, Thongpan, Lunha, Kamonwan, Jiwakanon, Jatesada, Angkititrakul, Sunpetch, Magnusson, Ulf, Sunde, Marianne, Järhult, Josef D
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Sprache:eng
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antibiotic resistance
E. coli
livestock
meat-production
Microbiology
Mikrobiologi
one-health approach
pigs
zoonotic transmission
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Zusammenfassung:Antibiotics are freqeuently used in the livestock sector in low- and middle-income countries for treatment, prophylaxis, and growth promotion. However, there is limited information into the zoonotic prevalence and dissemination patterns of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within these environments. In this study we used pig farming in Thailand as a model to explore AMR; 156 pig farms were included, comprising of small-sized (
ISSN:1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2021.651461