Occurrence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacterial Pathogens in Primary Animal Food Production

Dear Colleagues,

Animal-originated food products (e.g., meat, dairy, egg products) rich in protein and nutrients form the baseline of a well-balanced human diet. Nevertheless, livestock producers in primary animal production are struggling to maintain high yields of the respective food commodities (e.g., meat, milk, eggs), as bacterial diseases in animal production remain a significant challenge worldwide affecting production performance, profitability and animal welfare. In an effort to control pathogenic bacteria in primary animal food production, antimicrobials are widely used and administered in farm animals in the form of antibiotic treatment or through feed and/or water supplementation. However, it is well-known that antimicrobial misuse may confer resistance in animal and human bacterial pathogens, thus posing a significant threat for public health in the context of the One Health approach through the consumption of food. This Special Issue focuses on the detection and presence of pathogenic bacteria in the primary animal production environment, as well as on the acquired antimicrobial resistance phenotypes and/or genotypes of those pathogens. Furthermore, the occurrence of bacterial pathogens in foods of animal origin, along with their screening for antimicrobial resistance, is also of interest for this Special Issue.

Dr. Nikolaos D. Andritsos
Dr. Antonia Mataragka
Prof. Dr. John A. Ikonomopoulos
Guest Editors

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• animal production
• animal-originated food
• antimicrobial resistance
• antibiotic susceptibility
• bacterial pathogens
• veterinary microbiology
• zoonotic diseases