Antimicrobial Resistance in the Wildlife
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 332
Special Issue Editors
Interests: salmonella enterica; yersinia enterocolitica; food safety; antimicrobial resistance; sequencing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the major challenges of the 21st century that threatens human, animal, and environmental health at a global level, thus requiring a One Health system-thinking approach to counteract it. Although antibiotics misuse and overuse in human and animal healthcare have been considered the main cause of AMR emergence for a long time, nowadays it is ascertained that also anthropogenic activities play a crucial role in the dissemination of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance genes in the environment, including populated areas but also pristine, natural scenarios and the wildlife.
Wildlife is often referred to as reservoirs, vectors, sentinels, and bioindicators of resistant pathogens and genetic determinants of AMR in the environment; nevertheless, the knowledge regarding the implications of these terms for public health remains unclear, as well as the complex transmission dynamics of AMR at the One Health interface. Moreover, some wild species, especially wild ungulates and wild boars, are now considered sources of human foodborne pathogens due to the manipulation and consumption of game meat.
In this frame, this Special Issue welcomes article submissions that focus on the acquisition of mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in wildlife, the transmission of antimicrobial resistance between domestic and wild species, environmental sources of antimicrobial resistance in wild species, the role of natural habitats in antimicrobial resistance spreading, public health implications of antimicrobial resistance in wild animals, and surveillance and monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in wildlife.
Acknowledgment: Giuliana Siddi will be participating in this Special Issue as a "special collaborator"; special thanks for her contributions to the Special Issue.
Dr. Francesca Piras
Dr. Giuliana Siddi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wildlife
- wild animal
- antimicrobial resistance
- transmission
- spread
- One Health
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