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- Title
Benefits and risks of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals.
- Authors
Haihong Hao; Guyue Cheng; Iqbal, Zahid; Ai, Xiaohui; Hussain, Hafiz I.; Lingli Huang; Menghong Dai; Yulian Wang; Zhenli Liu; Zonghui Yuan
- Abstract
Benefits and risks of antimicrobial drugs, used in food-producing animals, continue to be complex and controversial issues. This review comprehensively presents the benefits of antimicrobials drugs regarding control of animal diseases, protection of public health, enhancement of animal production, improvement of environment, and effects of the drugs on biogas production and public health associated with antimicrobial resistance. The positive and negative impacts, due to ban issue of antimicrobial agents used in foodproducing animals, are also included in the discussion. As a double-edged sword, use of these drugs in food-animals persists as a great challenge.
- Subjects
ANTI-infective agents; PUBLIC health; ANIMAL diseases; FOOD animals; BIOGAS
- Publication
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014, Vol 5, p1
- ISSN
1664-302X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fmicb.2014.00288