RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Withdraw of prophylactic antimicrobials does not change the pigs’ resistome
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 716597
DO 10.1101/716597
A1 Fernanda, Loayza-Villa
A1 Alejandro, Torres
A1 Lixin, Zhang
A1 Gabriel, Trueba
YR 2019
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/07/26/716597.abstract
AB The use of antimicrobials in the animal industry has increased the prevalence of antimicrobial resistant commensal bacteria in food products derived from animals, which could be associated with antimicrobial resistance in human pathogens. To reduce the influx of antibiotic resistant bacteria (and genes) to the human microbiota, restrictions on antimicrobials (in food animals) have been implemented in different countries. We investigated the impact of antimicrobial restriction in the frequency of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in pigs. No differences in antimicrobial resistance or antimicrobial resistance genes (richness or abundance) was found when we compared animals fed with and without antibiotics. Fitness costs of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria (in the field) seems to be overestimated.