Antibiotics Use in Food Animal Production: Escalation of Antimicrobial Resistance: Where Are We Now in Combating AMR?

• Published in: Medical sciences (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 14
• Main Authors: Kasimanickam, Vanmathy, Kasimanickam, Maadhanki, Kasimanickam, Ramanathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.02.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Bacteria; Bacterial infections; Cattle; Disease prevention; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Bacterial - drug effects; Efficiency; Feeds; food animal; Food safety; Humans; Infections; Infectious diseases; International organizations; Meat; Nutrition; One Health; Pharmaceutical industry; Poultry; Public health; R&D; Research & development; resistance; Review; Veterinary medicine; United States > US; food animal; veterinary medicine; antibiotics; public health; resistance

The use of antibiotics has been very beneficial to human health, animal wellbeing, and food production, however, there are no alternatives to antimicrobials in treating infectious diseases. Their use can contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance, but the world has realized the need t...