Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Food-Producing Animals
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 2332
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria; Gram-negative bacteria; animal bacteria
Interests: biological activity of plant extracts; Treatment alternatives against antimicrobial resistant microorganisms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobials are used in food-producing animals for treatment and control of diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites; however, for a long time, they were used as preventives and even as growth promoters. The inappropriate use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals has generated the appearance and spread of antimicrobial-resistant etiological agents and has had a negative impact on the environment. Prolonged use of antimicrobials in animals without veterinary supervision, errors in their administration and dosage, and lack of consideration of withdrawal times increase the risk of generating resistance to multiple antimicrobials.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the use of antimicrobials in animals destined for food production is a risk to global public health since it has been proven that some resistance genes can be transmitted from generation to generation and even between different species of etiological agents and different hosts.
Review or original articles related to the identification of phenotypic or genotypic resistance to antimicrobials in viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites, as well as the identification of antimicrobial residues in products intended for animal consumption or in products and/or by-products of animal origin are welcome in this Special Issue.
Dr. Adrian Zaragoza-Bastida
Dr. Nallely Rivero-Perez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phenotypic resistance to antimicrobials
- genotypic antimicrobial resistance
- determination of antimicrobial residues in animal feed
- determination of antimicrobial residues in products and/or by-products of animal origin
