The Use of Antibiotics in Aquaculture: Antimicrobial Resistance, Efficacy and Safety, Ethical and Environmental Concerns
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 621
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of antibacterial agents, or antibiotics, is attracting increasing concern worldwide, in human medicine as well as veterinary medicine. The concept of the “one health approach” emphasises that the spreading of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within one type of habitat, for example aquaculture farms, implies increased risk for resistance among bacteria normally occupying other habitats, thus impacting wildlife, the agriculture of terrestrial animals, and humans. This is in large part due to the irresponsible and excessive use of antimicrobials in various sectors (aquaculture, agriculture, livestock, and human medicine). Improper management of antimicrobials, inadequate control of infections, agricultural debris, pollutants in the environment, and migration of people and animals infected with resistant bacteria facilitate the spread of resistance. The open concept of most aquaculture concepts implies considerable environmental spreading of agents as well as resistance. This Special Issue is open to submissions investigating more efficient ways of using antibacterial agents; efficacy and safety of use; animal welfare and ethical aspects; spreading of antimicrobial resistance to the environment and other species and populations; documentation and statistics on the use of antibacterial agents for aquaculture purposes.
Dr. Øivind Bergh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antibacterial agents
- antimicrobial resistance
- aquaculture
