Antibiotics Use in Livestock and Poultry
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 March 2025) | Viewed by 249
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global issue that has a negative impact on animal and human health, food security, livelihoods and local and global economies. Antimicrobials are important tools to treat, prevent and control infectious diseases in animals (i.e., veterinary medical use). However, antimicrobials are also used for non-veterinary medical use purposes, such as growth promotion (AGP). Antimicrobial use (AMU) is a major driver for AMR; antimicrobials’ loss of effectiveness to treat common bacterial infections can seriously compromise animal health and welfare, as well as public health. AGP use has been banned in many countries due to the risk of AMR; however, it is still allowed in some countries though its use is often not supported by risk analysis, as recommended by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH).
AMU data are essential to understand AMR data and to inform the risk analysis of AMR in human and animal populations. WOAH reports AMU data annually for animals from its members through ANIMUSE; these data can be used by members to inform the development of more targeted and sustainable policies and interventions that address AMR without compromising productivity, livelihoods and local economics. They can also be used assess the effectiveness of interventions to curb AMR.
Original research articles with primary AMU data derived either from national or regional monitoring programs for AMU or research projects (e.g., cross-sectional, longitudinal, field trials, systematic reviews with or without meta-analysis) from livestock (e.g., ruminants and swine animals) and poultry assessing the extent and patterns of AMU for veterinary and/or non-veterinary medical use (e.g., AGP use) and/or the impact of policies and interventions to reduce AMU in livestock and poultry are welcome.
Dr. Ana L.P. Mateus
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial use
- veterinary medical use
- antimicrobial growth promotion
- interventions
- antimicrobial resistance
- livestock
- poultry
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