Sammanfattning

Antibiotics are freqeuently used in the livestock sector in low- and middle-income countries for treatment, prophylaxis, and growth promotion. However, there is limited information into the zoonotic prevalence and dissemination patterns of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within these environments. In this study we used pig farming in Thailand as a model to explore AMR; 156 pig farms were included, comprising of small-sized (<50 sows) and medium-sized (>= 100 sows) farms, where bacterial isolates were selectively cultured from animal rectal and human fecal samples. Bacterial isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), and whole-genome sequencing. Our results indicate extensive zoonotic sharing of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) by horizontal gene transfer. Resistance to multiple antibiotics was observed with higher prevalence in medium-scale farms. Zoonotic transmission of colistin resistance in small-scale farms had a dissemination gradient from pigs to handlers to non-livestock contacts. We highly recommend reducing the antimicrobial use in animals' feeds and medications, especially the last resort drug colistin.

Nyckelord

one-health approach; antibiotic resistance; zoonotic transmission; E; coli; livestock; pigs; meat-production

Publicerad i

Frontiers in Microbiology
2021, Volym: 12, artikelnummer: 651461
Utgivare: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA

SLU författare

• Lunha, Kamonwan

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Magnusson, Ulf

  • Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

AMR: Bakterier


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UKÄ forskningsämne

Mikrobiologi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.651461

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/111918