Antimicrobial Resistance Transfer from Animal to Environment

Dear Colleagues,

This topic covers a wide array of animals (including birds and fish) and how they influence the movement of the resistome into and across different environments. Research on the transfer of AMR (bacterial, fungal, and viral) to date has focused on manure from food animals and its spread to the soil. This Special Issue will build on that knowledge and expand it to areas for which there is less knowledge. In particular, we encourage submissions focussing on countries for which there is little data on AMR transmission, areas with few examples of its transmission, and novel aspects of previously discussed topics. Topics can include but are not limited to:

• Wildlife as a reservoir of AMR transfer to the environment;
• Solutions or interventions to prevent the transfer of AMR from animals to the environment;
• Manure as a medium for the movement of AMR from food animals to the environment;
• Tracking the movement of AMR from animals to the environment;
• The movement of mobile elements containing AMR across animal microbiomes and the environment;
• Modelling the transfer of AMR from animals to the environment
• The transportation of animals and manure internationally: what is the risk?
• Methods for analyzing the transfer of AMR from animals to the environment.

Dr. Fiona Walsh
Dr. Robert Leigh
Guest Editors

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