Association between antimicrobial usage and resistance in Salmonella from poultry farms in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health threat affecting treatment outcome in animals and humans. A pre-requisite for development of AMR reduction strategies is knowledge of antimicrobial use patterns, and how these affect resistance development. The aim of this study was to determine antimicrobial usage (AMU) and whether such usage was associated with AMR in Salmonella from poultry farms in Northwest Nigeria.

Results

Fifteen (37%) of antimicrobial products observed contained compounds that are of highest priority and critically important for human medicine. Broilers chicken consumed higher (28 ± 14 mg/kg active ingredients) amounts of antimicrobials compared to layers (13 ± 8 mg/kg) per week (p = 0.0009). Surprisingly, chickens raised under backyard sys

SUBMITTER: Jibril AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254292 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature