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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Main Authors: Rachel A. Hickman, Thongpan Leangapichart, Kamonwan Lunha, Jatesada Jiwakanon, Sunpetch Angkititrakul, Ulf Magnusson, Marianne Sunde, Josef D. Järhult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
one-health approach
antibiotic resistance
zoonotic transmission
E. coli
livestock
pigs
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.651461/full

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