Animal production systems as a selective environment for antibiotic resistance genes
In the last decade antibiotic usage in animal production systems has received a considerable public attention. The use, overuse and misuse of antibiotics provided an excellent environment for the selection and dissemination of antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes across a wide diversi...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2012-07-01
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In the last decade antibiotic usage in animal production systems has received a considerable public attention. The use, overuse and misuse of antibiotics provided an excellent environment for the selection and dissemination of antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes across a wide diversity of bacteria, mainly through horizontal gene transfer. Resistance genes move between animal and human bacteria mainly through the food chain. Thus resistance generated in animal production environments could result in the loss of effectiveness of antibiotics used for the treatment of human diseases. The increasing threat of emerging bacterial pathogens resistant to a variety of antibiotics and the economic and human burden have moved the legislators in EU to ban antibiotic usage in animal food production as growth promoters in 2006 and recently proposed further non-binding recommendations to ban antibiotics for prophylactic use too. The costs for such actions will presumably be much lower in comparison to the costs of leaving the issue as it is. However, in non EU countries such measures have not been adopted yet. The mechanisms and examples of antibiotic resistance development and dissemination are described, focusing on antibiotics used both in human and veterinary medicine and animal food production.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9275015ae5942e98aaa1bafbf0660042023-12-14T22:14:25ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Agriculturae Slovenica1854-19412012-07-011001Animal production systems as a selective environment for antibiotic resistance genesJerneja AMBROŽIČ AVGUŠTIN0Univ. of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Fac., Dept. of Biology, Večna pot 111, SI-1000 Ljubljana In the last decade antibiotic usage in animal production systems has received a considerable public attention. The use, overuse and misuse of antibiotics provided an excellent environment for the selection and dissemination of antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes across a wide diversity of bacteria, mainly through horizontal gene transfer. Resistance genes move between animal and human bacteria mainly through the food chain. Thus resistance generated in animal production environments could result in the loss of effectiveness of antibiotics used for the treatment of human diseases. The increasing threat of emerging bacterial pathogens resistant to a variety of antibiotics and the economic and human burden have moved the legislators in EU to ban antibiotic usage in animal food production as growth promoters in 2006 and recently proposed further non-binding recommendations to ban antibiotics for prophylactic use too. The costs for such actions will presumably be much lower in comparison to the costs of leaving the issue as it is. However, in non EU countries such measures have not been adopted yet. The mechanisms and examples of antibiotic resistance development and dissemination are described, focusing on antibiotics used both in human and veterinary medicine and animal food production. https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/14416animal productionantibioticsresistance genesfood |
| spellingShingle | Jerneja AMBROŽIČ AVGUŠTIN Animal production systems as a selective environment for antibiotic resistance genes Acta Agriculturae Slovenica animal production antibiotics resistance genes food |
| title | Animal production systems as a selective environment for antibiotic resistance genes |
| title_full | Animal production systems as a selective environment for antibiotic resistance genes |
| title_fullStr | Animal production systems as a selective environment for antibiotic resistance genes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Animal production systems as a selective environment for antibiotic resistance genes |
| title_short | Animal production systems as a selective environment for antibiotic resistance genes |
| title_sort | animal production systems as a selective environment for antibiotic resistance genes |
| topic | animal production antibiotics resistance genes food |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/14416 |
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