Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains a major global public health crisis. The food animal
industry will face escalating challenges to increase productivity while minimizing AMR, since …

Enterococcus species are natural inhabitants of the intestinal tract in humans and animals,
and due to their ubiquity in human and animal feces and their persistence in the …

Increased demand for animal protein is met by increased food animal production resulting in
large quantities of manure. Animal producers, therefore, need sustainable agricultural …

Abstract Objectives The epidemiology of Enterococcus resistant to priority antibiotics
including linezolid has mainly been investigated in developed countries and especially in …

Backyard birds are small flocks that are more common in developing countries. They are
used for poultry meat and egg production. However, they are also implicated in the …

It takes several steps to bring food from the farm to the fork (dining table), and contamination
with food‐borne pathogens can occur at any point in the process. Campylobacter spp. and …

The poultry industry is among the main protein suppliers worldwide. Thus, this study
determined the antibiotic resistance and virulence profiles of Enterococcus spp. along the …

Intestinal commensal bacteria are considered good indicators for monitoring antimicrobial
resistance. We investigated the antimicrobial resistance profiles and resistance trends of …

Materials and Methods: Samples of biomaterial were taken from chickens (n= 187), cattle
(n= 155), pigs (n= 49), turkeys (n= 34), sheep (n= 31), and ducks (n= 31) raised at 28 farms …

Background Enterococcus faecium is a ubiquitously distributed member of the intestinal
microbiota of both humans and animals. Antibiotic resistant E. faecium are a major public …