Promoting Judicious Antimicrobial Use in Beef Production: The Role of Quarantine
Judicious antimicrobial stewardship in livestock industry is needed to reduce the use of antimicrobials (AMU) and the associated risk of antimicrobial resistance. Biosecurity measures are acknowledged for their role against the spread of diseases and the importance in reducing AMU in different speci...
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| author | Matteo Santinello Alessia Diana Massimo De Marchi Federico Scali Luigi Bertocchi Valentina Lorenzi Giovanni Loris Alborali Mauro Penasa |
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| description | Judicious antimicrobial stewardship in livestock industry is needed to reduce the use of antimicrobials (AMU) and the associated risk of antimicrobial resistance. Biosecurity measures are acknowledged for their role against the spread of diseases and the importance in reducing AMU in different species. However, their effectiveness in beef production has been scarcely considered. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the quarantine strategy on AMU in beef cattle. A total of 1206 Charolaise animals in five farms were included in the trial. Roughly half of the animals followed the standard procedure of the fattening cycle (no-quarantine; NO-QUA group) and half followed a 30-day period of quarantine (QUA group) since their arrival. Performance and antimicrobial data were recorded and a treatment incidence 100 (TI100it) per animal was calculated. Penicillins was the most used class of antimicrobials. Differences between groups were significant for males only, with NO-QUA group having greater TI100it (3.76 vs. 3.24; <i>p</i> < 0.05) and lower body weight at slaughter (713.4 vs. 723.7 kg; <i>p</i> < 0.05) than QUA group. Results suggest that quarantine strategy can reduce AMU in males without compromising their performance, whereas further investigation is needed for females. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28673feceeec476f9de39ffb5b8d60ce2023-11-23T11:06:00ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152022-01-0112111610.3390/ani12010116Promoting Judicious Antimicrobial Use in Beef Production: The Role of QuarantineMatteo Santinello0Alessia Diana1Massimo De Marchi2Federico Scali3Luigi Bertocchi4Valentina Lorenzi5Giovanni Loris Alborali6Mauro Penasa7Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, VEN, ItalyDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, VEN, ItalyDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, VEN, ItalySector Diagnostic and Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna ‘Bruno Ubertini’ (IZSLER), 25124 Brescia, LOM, ItalyItalian National Reference Center for Animal Welfare (CReNBA), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna ‘Bruno Ubertini’ (IZSLER), 25124 Brescia, LOM, ItalyItalian National Reference Center for Animal Welfare (CReNBA), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna ‘Bruno Ubertini’ (IZSLER), 25124 Brescia, LOM, ItalySector Diagnostic and Animal Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna ‘Bruno Ubertini’ (IZSLER), 25124 Brescia, LOM, ItalyDepartment of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, VEN, ItalyJudicious antimicrobial stewardship in livestock industry is needed to reduce the use of antimicrobials (AMU) and the associated risk of antimicrobial resistance. Biosecurity measures are acknowledged for their role against the spread of diseases and the importance in reducing AMU in different species. However, their effectiveness in beef production has been scarcely considered. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the quarantine strategy on AMU in beef cattle. A total of 1206 Charolaise animals in five farms were included in the trial. Roughly half of the animals followed the standard procedure of the fattening cycle (no-quarantine; NO-QUA group) and half followed a 30-day period of quarantine (QUA group) since their arrival. Performance and antimicrobial data were recorded and a treatment incidence 100 (TI100it) per animal was calculated. Penicillins was the most used class of antimicrobials. Differences between groups were significant for males only, with NO-QUA group having greater TI100it (3.76 vs. 3.24; <i>p</i> < 0.05) and lower body weight at slaughter (713.4 vs. 723.7 kg; <i>p</i> < 0.05) than QUA group. Results suggest that quarantine strategy can reduce AMU in males without compromising their performance, whereas further investigation is needed for females.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/1/116antimicrobial resistanceantimicrobial stewardshipbiosecuritybeef cattletreatment incidence |
| spellingShingle | Matteo Santinello Alessia Diana Massimo De Marchi Federico Scali Luigi Bertocchi Valentina Lorenzi Giovanni Loris Alborali Mauro Penasa Promoting Judicious Antimicrobial Use in Beef Production: The Role of Quarantine Animals antimicrobial resistance antimicrobial stewardship biosecurity beef cattle treatment incidence |
| title | Promoting Judicious Antimicrobial Use in Beef Production: The Role of Quarantine |
| title_full | Promoting Judicious Antimicrobial Use in Beef Production: The Role of Quarantine |
| title_fullStr | Promoting Judicious Antimicrobial Use in Beef Production: The Role of Quarantine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Promoting Judicious Antimicrobial Use in Beef Production: The Role of Quarantine |
| title_short | Promoting Judicious Antimicrobial Use in Beef Production: The Role of Quarantine |
| title_sort | promoting judicious antimicrobial use in beef production the role of quarantine |
| topic | antimicrobial resistance antimicrobial stewardship biosecurity beef cattle treatment incidence |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/1/116 |
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