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Small-Scale Food Animal Production and Antimicrobial Resistance: Mountain, Molehill, or Something in-between?

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Graham, Jay P., Eisenberg, Joseph N.S., Trueba, Gabriel, Zhang, Lixin, Johnson, Timothy J.·2017·Environmental Health Perspectives
DOI 10.1289/ehp2116PMC PMC5933306
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SUMMARY: Small-scale food animal production is widely practiced around the globe, yet it is often overlooked in terms of the environmental health risks. Evidence suggests that small-scale food animal producers often employ the use of antimicrobials to improve the survival and growth of their animals, and that this practice leads to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that can potentially spread to humans. The nature of human-animal interactions in small-scale food animal production systems, generally practiced in and around the home, likely augments spillover events of AMR into the community on a scale that is currently unrecognized and deserves greater attention. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP2116.

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  • Sick animals in urban informal settlements are typically treated without veterinary consultation and with antibiotics purchased without a prescription from veterinary shops or from the same pharmacies that residents frequent.

    “Sick animals are typically treated without veterinary consultation and with antibiotics that have been purchased without a prescription from veterinary shops, or from the same pharmacies that residents frequent for their own medical needs 41 .”

    From Urban informal settlements as hotspots of antimicrobial resistance and the need to curb environmental transmission. (2020) · cites this paper as [41]

    The 'Antimicrobial Use in Small-Scale Food Animals' section says antimicrobials are often available over the counter in animal-agriculture shops and that small-scale producers may lack veterinary assistance. Its examples also describe farmers treating animals themselves or buying antimicrobials at local shops. The section does not establish that this is typical in urban informal settlements or that antibiotics are bought from the same pharmacies residents use for their own medical needs. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Graham, J. P., Eisenberg, J. N. S., Trueba, G., Zhang, L., & Johnson, T. J.
Affiliations
  • Public Health Institute (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Universidad San Francisco de Quito (EC)
  • Michigan State University (US)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Graham, Jay P.
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Environmental Health Perspectives
Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Published
2017-10-03
Volume
125
Issue
10
Pages
104501-104501
ISSN
  • 0091-6765 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-9924
DOI
10.1289/ehp2116
PMC
PMC5933306
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Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI135118)
  • Fogarty International Center (K01TW009484)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology › Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Keywords
antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial use in livestock, human-animal interaction, zoonotic transmission, environmental health risk
MeSH terms
Animal Husbandry, Environmental Exposure, Drug Resistance, Bacterial

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