Veterinary Antibiotics in Food-Producing Animals: Residue Detection, Risk Assessment and Regulatory Advances

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 animal-based 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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