TY - JOUR
T1 - Small-scale food animal production and antimicrobial resistance
T2 - mountain, molehill, or something in-between?
AU - Graham, Jay P.
AU - Eisenberg, Joseph N.S.
AU - Trueba, Gabriel
AU - Zhang, Lixin
AU - Johnson, Timothy J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1289/EHP2116
DO - 10.1289/EHP2116
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 29038091
AN - SCOPUS:85033365500
SN - 0091-6765
VL - 125
JO - Environmental Health Perspectives
JF - Environmental Health Perspectives
IS - 10
M1 - 104501
ER -
