The rumen microbiome: balancing food security and environmental impacts

I Mizrahi, RJ Wallace, S Moraïs - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Ruminants produce edible products and contribute to food security. They house a complex
rumen microbial community that enables the host to digest their plant feed through microbial …

Antibiotic use in agriculture and its consequential resistance in environmental sources: potential public health implications

C Manyi-Loh, S Mamphweli, E Meyer, A Okoh - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Due to the increased demand of animal protein in developing countries, intensive farming is
instigated, which results in antibiotic residues in animal-derived products, and eventually …

Antibiotic use in livestock and residues in food—A public health threat: A review

OM Ghimpețeanu, EN Pogurschi, DC Popa… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The usage of antibiotics has been, and remains, a topic of utmost importance; on the one
hand, for animal breeders, and on the other hand, for food safety. Although many countries …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic use in food animals worldwide, with a focus on Africa: Pluses and minuses

TTH Van, Z Yidana, PM Smooker, PJ Coloe - Journal of global antimicrobial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are frequently used in food animal production in developing countries to promote
the well-being and growth of animals. This practice provides some economic benefits to …

A review of antimicrobial resistance in poultry farming within low-resource settings

HD Hedman, KA Vasco, L Zhang - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Poultry production can function as an instrument for poverty alleviation and
economic development. As low-income countries transition into higher incomes alongside …

Antibiotics in wastewater: From its occurrence to the biological removal by environmentally conscious technologies

RK Langbehn, C Michels, HM Soares - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
In this critical review, we explored the most recent advances about the fate of antibiotics on
biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). Although the occurrence of these pollutants …

Access to effective antimicrobials: a worldwide challenge

R Laxminarayan, P Matsoso, S Pant, C Brower… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Recent years have seen substantial improvements in life expectancy and access to
antimicrobials, especially in low-income and lower-middle-income countries, but increasing …

Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals

TP Van Boeckel, C Brower, M Gilbert… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Demand for animal protein for human consumption is rising globally at an unprecedented
rate. Modern animal production practices are associated with regular use of antimicrobials …

Antimicrobial use in food animals and human health: time to implement 'One Health'approach

S Pokharel, P Shrestha, B Adhikari - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection …, 2020 - Springer
The use of antimicrobials in animals for growth promotion and infection prevention
significantly contributes to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a growing …

COVID-19 effects on livestock production: a one welfare issue

JN Marchant-Forde, LA Boyle - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights that we exist in a global community. From a single city, it
spread to 188 countries across the world and infected 30 million people by September 18 …