Antibiotic Resistance in Terrestrial and Aquatic Farmed Animals: An Urgent One Health Issue for Sustainability
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiotics in Animal Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 41170
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pathogen adaptation; microbial network; microbiome; mobile genetic elements; antibiotic resistance; alternative treatments; swine; poultry; fish
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Dear Colleagues,
The growing human population and the acceleration of climate change make it increasingly urgent to optimize agri-food resources. Farmed animals—both terrestrial and aquatic—are susceptible to infectious diseases, and antibiotic resistance is an increasingly troubling phenomenon in animal husbandry. It is now widely recognized that antibiotic resistance must be investigated from a One Health perspective, acknowledging the intrinsic and inescapable relationships of human, animal, environmental, and microbial factors that promote resistance to antimicrobial compounds. It is more important than ever to understand, in detail, the mechanisms of propagation of antibiotic resistance genes within microbial communities, and to develop alternatives to antibiotic treatment.
This Special Issue will center on One Health connections, and aims to bring together articles that deal with antibiotic resistance in the context of animal husbandry interacting with other spheres of activity. It will focus on, but is not limited to, the horizontal transfer of antibiotic-resistance genes, interactions between animal microbiota and pathogens, and on the impact of human activity on the spread of antibiotic resistance in farmed animals. Articles dealing with alternative treatments (phages, probiotics, etc.) for animals, or on improved husbandry practices to help reduce the risk of spreading pathogens and antibiotic resistance, are also welcome.
Prof. Antony T. Vincent
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Antibiotic resistance
- Farmed animals
- One Health
- Microbial networks
- Horizontal gene transfer
- Antibiotic alternatives
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