A Systematic Review on the Link between Animal Welfare and Antimicrobial Use in Captive Animals.

ABSTRACT: This systematic review aimed to assess the link between animal welfare and antimicrobial use (AMU) in captive species (i.e., farm, zoo, companion, and laboratory animals) and its effect. Studies empirically examining the effect of welfare on AMU or vice versa were included. Studies in wild animals were excluded. A total of 6610 studies were retrieved from PubMed® and Web of Science® in April 2021. Despite finding several papers superficially invoking the link between welfare and AMU, most did not delve into the characteristics of this link, leading to a small number of publications retained (n = 17). The majority (76%) of the publications were published from 2017-2021. Sixteen were on farm animals, and one publication was on laboratory animals. Most of the studies (82%) looked at the effec

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues da Costa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9032364 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature