Antimicrobials are commonly used in conventional livestock production and manure is
widely applied to agricultural lands as fertilizer. This practice raises questions regarding the …

Microorganisms and their communities on foods are important determinants and indicators
of food safety and quality. Despite growing interests in studying food and food-related …

Professionals in animal agriculture promote prudent use of antimicrobials to address public
and animal health concerns, such as reduction of antimicrobial residues and antimicrobial …

Antimicrobial resistance is a global public and animal health concern. Antimicrobial
resistance genes (ARGs) have been detected in dairy farm environments globally; however …

Most antimicrobials sold in the United States are used in food animals. Farm management
practices contribute to antibacterial resistance (AR). Controversially, grass-fed diets have …

ABSTRACT A high-grain (HG) diet can rapidly lower the rumen pH and thus modify the
gastrointestinal microbiome in dairy cattle. Although the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is …

Bulk tank milk (BTM) is regularly used for surveillance on dairy farms for disease conditions
such as mastitis and Johne's disease. In this study, we used 16S rRNA sequencing and bait …

Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a rapidly evolving global health threat. The relevance of
environmental dimensions to the human clinical problem of AR is increasingly being …

Concerns that food-animal production significantly contributes to antibiotic-resistant human
infections have persisted for more than 20 years. Most antibiotic resistance concerns are …

As the world population increases and the trajectory of meat trade continues to expand
across the borders of sovereign nations, it is important for university educators to increase …