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Antibiotic Usage and Resistance in Food Animal Production: What Have We Learned from Bangladesh?

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Chowdhury, Sukanta, Ghosh, Sumon, Aleem, Mohammad Abdul, Parveen, Shahana, Islam, Md. Ariful, Rashid, Md. Mahbubur, Akhtar, Zubair, Chowdhury, Fahmida·2021·Antibiotics

Abstract

Irrational and inappropriate use of antibiotics in commercial chicken and aquaculture industries can accelerate the antibiotic resistance process in humans and animals. In Bangladesh, the growing commercial chicken and aquaculture industries are playing significantly important roles in the food value chain. It is necessary to know the antibiotic usage practices and antibiotic resistance in food animal production to design rational policies, guidelines, and interventions. We conducted a narrative review to understand the level of antibiotic usage and resistance in food animal production in Bangladesh. Information about antibiotic usage in different food animal production systems, including commercial chickens and aquaculture in Bangladesh is inadequate. Only a few small-scale studies reported that the majority (up to 100%) of the broiler and layer chicken farms used antibiotics for treating and preventing diseases. However, numerous studies reported antibiotic-resistant bacteria of public health importance in commercial chicken, fish, livestock, and animal origin food. The isolates from different pathogenic bacteria were found resistant against multiple antibiotics, including quinolones, the third or fourth generation of cephalosporins, and polymyxins. Veterinary practitioners empirically treat animals with antibiotics based on presumptive diagnosis due to inadequate microbial diagnostic facilities in Bangladesh. Intensive training is helpful to raise awareness among farmers, feed dealers, and drug sellers on good farming practices, standard biosecurity practices, personal hygiene, and the prudent use of antibiotics. Urgently, the Government of Bangladesh should develop and implement necessary guidelines to mitigate irrational use of antibiotics in food animals using a multi-sectoral One Health approach.

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  • Animal husbandry practices mainly utilize tetracyclines, penicillin, streptomycin, and ciprofloxacin as prophylaxes.

    “For instance, animal husbandry practices mainly utilize tetracyclines, penicillin, streptomycin, and ciprofloxacin as prophylaxes [82,83].”

    From A Systematic Review on Antimicrobial Resistance in Ghana from a One Health Perspective (2024) · cites this paper as [82]

    Section 3.5 says antibiotics in livestock are mainly used to treat diseases, not as prophylaxes; it lists streptomycin–penicillin among drugs prescribed in that context. Section 3.2 also reports therapeutic use in broilers (44%) more often than prophylactic use (32%). The paper identifies some of the named drugs as commonly used, but contradicts the claim that their use is mainly prophylactic. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Authors
Chowdhury, S., Ghosh, S., Aleem, M. A., Parveen, S., Islam, M. A., Rashid, M. M., Akhtar, Z., & Chowdhury, F.
Affiliations
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
Corresponding author
Chowdhury, Sukanta
Venue
Antibiotics
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-08-24
Volume
10
Issue
9
Pages
1032
ISSN
2079-6382 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3194359460
Cited by
70
References
74
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 7
FWCI
1.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Antibiotics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology › Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
Keywords
antibiotic resistance, aquaculture, Bangladesh, antimicrobial resistance in livestock, rational antibiotic use, One Health, biosecurity, food safety, antimicrobial resistance policy

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