New Strategies for the Use of Antibiotics in Animal Reproduction
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Reproduction".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 714
Special Issue Editors
Interests: companion animals; molecular biology; molecular genetics; oncology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: microbiology; bacteria; antimicrobial resistance; antibiotic alternatives; reproduction; cryopreservaction; probiotics; pigs
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of antimicrobials in the different reproductive techniques used for animal reproduction is common. The addition of antibiotics in the seminal doses used for artificial insemination, antibiotic treatments after the use of vaginal synchronization techniques, among others, are common practices in domestic animal species. However, the European Union recommends limiting the use of these molecules to avoid the appearance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In fact, one of the objectives of the Regulation (EU) 2019/6 on veterinary drugs is to strengthen the campaign against antimicrobial resistance. On the other hand, the One Health concept shows that the fight against AMR must be carried out from all areas of health, including animal health. In this way, limiting and promoting alternatives to the use of antibiotics in reproductive techniques, among others, is one of the objectives that we must achieve in the coming decades. The objective of this Special Issue is to publish research articles or original reviews on possible alternatives to the use of antimicrobials in animal reproduction.
Area of interest: alternative treatments to the use of antimicrobials in different reproductive techniques, bacterial contamination in seminal doses, estrus synchronization methods, such as the use of vaginal devices, etc., the search for effective probiotics, the use and effectivity of probiotics, and natural treatments.
We invite you to share your recent findings through this special Issue.
Dr. María Dolores Llobat Bordes
Dr. Estrella Jiménez-Trigos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antibiotics
- animal reproduction
- probiotics
- microbiology contamination
- artificial insemination
- reproduction techniques
- antibiotic treatments
