Antimicrobial drug use in food-producing animals and associated human health risks: what, and how strong, is the evidence?

• Published in: BMC veterinary research Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 211
• Main Authors: Hoelzer, Karin, Wong, Nora, Thomas, Joe, Talkington, Kathy, Jungman, Elizabeth, Coukell, Allan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 04.07.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Agriculture; Analysis; Animal Feed; Animal Husbandry - methods; Animals; Anti-Infective Agents - administration & dosage; Anti-Infective Agents - adverse effects; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Antimicrobial drug use; Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteria; Bacteria - drug effects; Bacteria - genetics; Bans; Drug resistance; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Drug Resistance, Microbial; drugs; E coli; Farm animals; Farms; feedlots; Food; food animals; Food consumption; Foodborne Diseases - microbiology; Genes; human health; Humans; Infections; issues and policy; Livestock; Livestock industry; Mutation; Pathogens; Poultry; Public Health; Public health risk; Quality management; Review; risk; Risk Assessment; Salmonella; Testing; Veterinary medicine; Well being; United States > US; Farm animals; Antimicrobial resistance; Public health risk; Antimicrobial drug use

Antimicrobial resistance is a public health threat. Because antimicrobial consumption in food-producing animals contributes to the problem, policies restricting the inappropriate or unnecessary agricultural use of antimicrobial drugs are important. However, this link between agricultural antibiotic...