Dispersion of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in pig farms and in the surrounding environment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance has been identified as a major threat to global health. The pig food chain is considered an important source of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs). However, there is still a lack of knowledge on the dispersion of ARGs in pig production system, including the external environment.

Results

In the present study, we longitudinally followed one swine farm located in Italy from the weaning phase to the slaughterhouse to comprehensively assess the diversity of ARGs, their diffusion, and the bacteria associated with them. We obtained shotgun metagenomic sequences from 294 samples, including pig feces, farm environment, soil around the farm, wastewater, and slaughterhouse environment. We identified a total of 530 species-level genome bins (SGBs),

SUBMITTER: Scicchitano D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10981832 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature