Antimicrobial Resistance Bacteria in Pets, Livestock and Wild Animals
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 5511
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbiology; one health; antimicrobial resistance; biofilms; microbial genetics; infectious diseases
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: microbiology; one health; antimicrobial resistance; biofilms; microbial genetics; infectious diseases
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: microbiology; one health; antimicrobial resistance; biofilms; microbial genetics; infectious diseases
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance occurs naturally through genetic changes and may be considered a process of natural selection in which species adapt to their environments, thus driving toward evolution. However, the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials in the medicine, agriculture, and food industries has exerted a significant selective pressure for the development of multidrug-resistant organisms. The increasing resistance to antimicrobials, including the most potent and last line agents, together with the decline in the development of new antimicrobial agents, poses a widespread public health problem considered to be the next global pandemic crisis. The antimicrobial resistance issue requires a “One Health” approach in which the health of humans, animals, and the environment is considered closely connected. Therefore, surveillance must become a global “One Health” effort to understand the dynamics and drivers of antimicrobial resistance and to solve the major threats associated with human, animal, and environmental health. Animals could be a reservoir of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms acting on the spread and transmission to other animals and humans through direct contact or indirectly via contaminated foods and water.
Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to provide new information about the status of antimicrobial resistance and genetic lineages in pets, livestock, and wild animals. This Special Issue will bring together the latest studies regarding organisms isolated from animals, their antimicrobial resistance and virulence through molecular approaches, biofilm formation, and the current overview of animal-associated clonal lineages.
Dr. Vanessa Silva
Prof. Dr. Gilberto Igrejas
Prof. Dr. Patricia Poeta
Guest Editors
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