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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Exploring the Antibiotic Resistance Burden in Livestock, Livestock Handlers and Their Non-Livestock Handling Contacts: A One Health Perspective.

Rachel A Hickman, Thongpan Leangapichart, Kamonwan Lunha, Jatesada Jiwakanon, Sunpetch Angkititrakul, Ulf Magnusson, Marianne Sunde, Josef D Järhult

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Rachel A HickmanDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Zoonosis Science Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Thongpan LeangapichartSection for Animal Health and Food Safety, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway.
Kamonwan LunhaDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Jatesada JiwakanonResearch Group for Animal Health Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Sunpetch AngkititrakulResearch Group for Animal Health Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Ulf MagnussonDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Marianne SundeSection for Animal Health and Food Safety, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway.
Josef D JärhultDepartment of Medical Sciences, Zoonosis Science Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotics are freqeuently used in the livestock sector in low- and middle-income countries for treatment, prophylaxis, and growth promotion. However, there is limited information into the zoonotic prevalence and dissemination patterns of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within these environments. In this study we used pig farming in Thailand as a model to explore AMR; 156 pig farms were included, comprising of small-sized (<50 sows) and medium-sized (≥100 sows) farms, where bacterial isolates were selectively cultured from animal rectal and human fecal samples. Bacterial isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), and whole-genome sequencing. Our results indicate extensive zoonotic sharing of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) by horizontal gene transfer. Resistance to multiple antibiotics was observed with higher prevalence in medium-scale farms. Zoonotic transmission of colistin resistance in small-scale farms had a dissemination gradient from pigs to handlers to non-livestock contacts. We highly recommend reducing the antimicrobial use in animals' feeds and medications, especially the last resort drug colistin.

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antibiotic resistanceE. colilivestockmeat-productionone-health approachpigszoonotic transmission

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PMCPMC8093850

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