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

K Hoelzer, N Wong, J Thomas, K Talkington… - BMC veterinary …, 2017 - Springer
Background Antimicrobial resistance is a public health threat. Because antimicrobial
consumption in food-producing animals contributes to the problem, policies restricting the …

Food animals and antimicrobials: impacts on human health

BM Marshall, SB Levy - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2011 - journals.asm.org
Antimicrobials are valuable therapeutics whose efficacy is seriously compromised by the
emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance. The provision of antibiotics to food …

Campylobacter spp. as a Foodborne Pathogen: A Review

J Silva, D Leite, M Fernandes, C Mena… - Frontiers in …, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Campylobacter is well recognized as the leading cause of bacterial foodborne diarrheal
disease worldwide. Symptoms can range from mild to serious infections of the children and …

EMA and EFSA Joint Scientific Opinion on measures to reduce the need to use antimicrobial agents in animal husbandry in the European Union, and the resulting …

EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for … - EFSA …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
EFSA and EMA have jointly reviewed measures taken in the EU to reduce the need for and
use of antimicrobials in food‐producing animals, and the resultant impacts on antimicrobial …

Estimated human health risks from exposure to recreational waters impacted by human and non-human sources of faecal contamination

JA Soller, ME Schoen, T Bartrand, JE Ravenscroft… - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
This work was conducted to determine whether estimated risks following exposure to
recreational waters impacted by gull, chicken, pig, or cattle faecal contamination are …

Industrial food animal production, antimicrobial resistance, and human health

EK Silbergeld, J Graham, LB Price - Annu. Rev. Public Health, 2008 - annualreviews.org
Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health crisis, eroding the discovery of
antimicrobials and their application to clinical medicine. There is a general lack of …

Antibiotic Resistance in Campylobacter: Emergence, Transmission and Persistence

T Luangtongkum, B Jeon, J Han, P Plummer… - Future …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Campylobacter is a leading foodborne bacterial pathogen, which causes gastroenteritis in
humans. This pathogenic organism is increasingly resistant to antibiotics, especially …

Campylobacter in Poultry: Ecology and Potential Interventions

O Sahin, II Kassem, Z Shen, J Lin… - Avian …, 2015 - meridian.allenpress.com
Avian hosts constitute a natural reservoir for thermophilic Campylobacter species, primarily
Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, and poultry flocks are frequently colonized in …

Antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli from retail poultry meat with different antibiotic use claims

GS Davis, K Waits, L Nordstrom, H Grande, B Weaver… - BMC microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Background We sought to determine if the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli
differed across retail poultry products and among major production categories, including …

Resistance in bacteria of the food chain: epidemiology and control strategies

FM Aarestrup, HC Wegener… - Expert review of anti …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Bacteria have evolved multiple mechanisms for the efficient evolution and spread of
antimicrobial resistance. Modern food production facilitates the emergence and spread of …