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ArticleScientific reports2023

Subsidized veterinary extension services may reduce antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture.

Sophie St-Hilaire, Stephen Chi Ho Chan, Kwok Zu Lim, Brett MacKinnon, Tzu Hsuan Cheng, Ka Po Fiona Cheng, Aaron Chi Fai Leung, Sabrina Hei Yuet Lam, Vidya Bhardwaj, Olivia Sinn Kay Chan

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sophie St-HilaireDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China. ssthilai@cityu.edu.hk.
Stephen Chi Ho ChanDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Kwok Zu LimDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Brett MacKinnonDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Tzu Hsuan ChengDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Ka Po Fiona ChengDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Aaron Chi Fai LeungDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Sabrina Hei Yuet LamDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Vidya BhardwajCityU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Co. Ltd, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Olivia Sinn Kay ChanDivision of Community Medicine and Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
City University of Hong Kong · HKBerea College · USUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotic use in aquaculture has become very controversial vis-à-vis driving antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic bacterial populations. The AMR trends in fish pathogens in Hong Kong over a four-year period suggests that providing small stakeholder farmers with free veterinary advice on fish health issues and treatments, as well as subsidized quality-assured medicines, likely reduced AMR. We observed a dramatic reduction in the proportion of bacteria resistant to oxolinic acid, oxytetracycline, and florfenicol on local aquaculture farms between 2018 and 2021. These decreases coincided with either a change in antibiotic use practices on farms (i.e. with oxytetracycline), or the reduction in the use of specific drugs (i.e. oxolinic acid and florfenicol). We did not observe a similar decline in the resistance pattern to commonly used antibiotics in human medicine in the same fish bacteria. Resistance to these products, which were unlikely to be used by the farmers in our study, was very high. Our finding suggests that both human and veterinary use of antibiotics in Hong Kong may have an influence on the AMR of bacteria in the aquatic environment.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsOxytetracyclineAnimalsAquacultureBacteriaDrug Resistance, BacterialFishesHumansOxolinic AcidThiamphenicolAnti-Bacterial AgentsflorfenicolOxolinic AcidOxytetracyclineThiamphenicol

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PMID37344659
PMCPMC10284801
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