Veterinary Antibiotics in Food-Producing Animals: Residue Detection, Risk Assessment and Regulatory Advances
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiotics in Animal Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 65
Special Issue Editors
Interests: analytical chemistry; food safety; LC-MS; mycotoxins
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2. National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research (INIAV), Rua dos Lágidos, Lugar da Madalena, 4485-655 Vila do Conde, Portugal
Interests: analytical chemistry; food safety; mycotoxins; veterinary drugs; mass spectrometry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The widespread and often misuse of veterinary antibiotics to control infectious diseases in food-producing animals now stands at the connection between animal health, food safety, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) management. This Special Issue will gather cutting-edge research and reviews that highlight three important areas of research.
Residue detection includes advances in sampling strategies, chromatographic–mass-spectrometric methods, rapid biosensors, and multi-omics fingerprints for quantification of veterinary drugs and their metabolites in different beekeeping products (e.g., meat, milk, eggs, fish, honey, pollen, royal jelly, and propolis).
Risk assessment involves toxicological, ecological, and One-Health studies that trace how antibiotic residues influence animal and environmental microbiomes, select for resistant pathogens, migrate through the food chain, and influence consumer exposure.
Regulatory advances include contributions that compare national surveillance data, model maximum-residue-limit compliance, evaluate policies, and explore alternative therapeutics that reduce antibiotic dependence.
By integrating analytical chemistry, microbiology, toxicology, and policy science, this collection aims to chart evidence-based pathways toward sustainable animal husbandry, safe animal-based products, and standardized global guidelines.
Dr. Liliana J.G. Silva
Guest Editor
Dr. Marta Leite
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- veterinary drugs
- analytical chemistry
- food safety
- risk assessment
- regulatory frameworks
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