The widespread use of antibiotics results in the generation of antibiotic concentration
gradients in humans, livestock and the environment. Thus, bacteria are frequently exposed …

Purpose Industrial food animal production accounts for most animal-source protein
consumed in the USA. These operations rely on an array of external inputs, which can …

Background The administration of antimicrobial drugs to food animals at low doses for
extended durations for growth promotion and disease prevention has been linked to the …

Antibiotics are widely used as growth promoters in animal husbandry; among them, the
tetracyclines are a chemical group of relevance, due to their wide use in agriculture …

The use of antimicrobial agents has been claimed to be the driving force for the emergence
and spread of microbial resistance. However, several studies have reported the presence of …

Antimicrobial agents, especially antibacterial agents, are used throughout the world, across
a diverse array of extensive and intensive livestock production systems, to protect the health …

The aim of the literature review was to describe the environments where the presence of
airborne Staphylococcus aureus was confirmed and to catalogue the most often used …

The routine use of antibiotics in agriculture has contributed to an increase in drug-resistant
bacterial pathogens in animals that can potentially be transmitted to humans. In 2000, the …

Abstract Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modelling is the initial step in the semi‐
mechanistic approach for optimizing dosage regimens for systemically acting antimicrobial …

Importance Nearly 80% of antibiotics in the United States are sold for use in livestock feeds.
The manure produced by these animals contains antibiotic-resistant bacteria, resistance …