Benefits and risks of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals

Benefits and risks of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals

Benefits and risks of antimicrobial drugs, used in food-producing animals, continue to be complex and controversial issues. This review comprehensively presents the benefits of antimicrobials drugs regarding control of animal diseases, protection of public health, enhancement of animal production, improvement of environment, and effects of the drugs on biogas production and public health associ...

Commentary: Benefits and risks of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals

Citation: Schlundt J and Aarestrup FM (2017) Commentary: Benefits and risks of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals. In a recent general attempt to review literature related to documentation of policy changes in the area of antimicrobial use in agriculture we have read the article by Hao et al. (2014) and have found it full of flaws and misinterpretations. We cannot comment on all but wo...

Antimicrobial drug use in food-producing animals and associated human health risks: what, and how strong, is the evidence?

BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance is a public health threat. Because antimicrobial consumption in food-producing animals contributes to the problem, policies restricting the inappropriate or unnecessary agricultural use of antimicrobial drugs are important. However, this link between agricultural antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance has remained contested by some, with potentially disrupt...

Association of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter isolated from food-producing animals with antimicrobial use on farms.

On 1,374 food-producing animal farms in 2001-2004, we investigated the influence of antimicrobial usage within 6 months before a survey conducted on antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter. Tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones were used for therapeutic purposes on 107 and 21 farms, respectively. Oxytetracycline-resistant C. jejuni and C. coli were found in 57.1% (8/14) and 92.5% (37/40) of the ...

Risk management of antimicrobial use and resistance from food-producing animals in Denmark