ReviewInternational microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology2024
Antimicrobial use and resistance in food animal production: food safety and associated concerns in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Poultry Farm Workers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Eastern Ethiopia: An Institutional-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Insights from adaptive immune regulation for disease resistance breeding in livestock and poultry.Science China. Life sciences · 2026Review
- Implementation of a One Health Surveillance System in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.EcoHealth · 2026Article
- Influence of Cowpea Plants on Soil Bacterial Community and Soil Quality: Effects of the Rhizosphere.Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Review
- Prevalence of antibiotic residues in red meat across Mogadishu, Somalia.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing (ESBL)Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Genomic characterization of antimicrobial resistance and virulence determinants inApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
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- Imported Retail Beef and Chicken Meat Products Serve as Reservoirs for Emerging Antibiotic-Resistant Pathotypes of Escherichia coli in Pristine Areas Free From Agricultural Activity.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on antibiotic use and resistance among fish farmers in Kwara State, North Central, Nigeria.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Risk of antimicrobial resistance spreading via food loss and waste.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Review
- High prevalence of CTX-M-1 and CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producingVeterinary world · 2026Article
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- Multidrug-Resistant and Potentially PathogenicFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Translational barriers to phage endolysin deployment for antimicrobial resistance control in Africa.Frontiers in antibiotics · 2026Review
- The colistin resistance pandemic: A dual threat from plasmid-encoded mobilised colistin resistance genes and chromosomal mutations.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2026Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
The use of antimicrobials in food animal (FA) production is a common practice all over the world, with even greater usage and dependence in the developing world, including Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, this practice which serves obvious economic benefits to producers has raised public health concerns over the last decades, thus driving the selection and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance and adversely impacting food safety and environmental health. This review presents the current and comprehensive antimicrobial usage practices in food animal production across SSA. We further highlighted the overall regional drivers as well as the public health, environmental, and economic impact of antimicrobial use in the production of food animals. Antimicrobial use is likely to increase with even exacerbated outcomes unless cost-effective, safe, and sustainable alternatives to antibiotics, especially probiotics, prebiotics, bacteriocins, antimicrobial peptides, bacteriophages, vaccines, etc. are urgently advocated for and used in food animal production in SSA. These, in addition to the implementation of strong legislation on antimicrobial use, and improved hygiene will help mitigate the public health concerns associated with antimicrobial use in food animals and improve the well-being and safety of food animals and their products.
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