View complete lecture by Dr. Kari Nixon of Whitworth University as she discusses the history of public attitudes toward microbial diseases for the Antimicrobial Resistance from a One Health Perspective class.
Risk-Based Approach to Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance
Complete lecture available on a risk-based approach to combatting antimicrobial resistance from the Antimicrobial Resistance from a One Health Perspective Course.
Introduction to Antimicrobial Resistance
The first recording in a lecture series for the Antimicrobial Resistance from a One Health Perspective course.
Glossary of Antimicrobial Resistance
If you are just starting to learn about antimicrobials and resistance, first off welcome to the club, we are so happy to have more microbe obsessives! Second, we guessed you might have been encountering some words or concepts that you haven’t heard before. So, we’ve put together this visual glossary for you to explore. Search the table below for a word or unfamiliar phrase and you’ll find a definition AND videos or other websites where you can learn more about that concept.
Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance Through Livestock Management
In this webinar, representatives from multiple sectors of the livestock production industry are featured to learn how each sector is approaching the complex problem of antibiotic resistance with management strategies to improve antimicrobial stewardship in live animal production and across the food production system. This presentation was originally broadcast on August 20, 2021.
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Introduction to Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance Through Livestock Management
Mara Zelt, University of Nebraska – Lincoln (2 minutes)
One Health and Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Swine Industry
Heather Fowler, National Pork Board (13 minutes)
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Dry Cow Therapy: Selective Treatment Strategy for Reduced Antimicrobial Drug Use
Emmanuel Okello, University of California-Davis (10 minutes)
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Antmicrobial Use and Poultry Management
Jonathan Moyle, University of Maryland (10 minutes)
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Mountaire Farms and One Health Certified
Harley Grenier, Mountaire Farms (12 minutes)
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Questions From the Audience
All presenters (21 minutes)
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Continuing Education Units
Certified Crop Advisers (CCA, CPAg, or CPSS)
View the archive and take the quiz (not available yet). Visit the CCA continuing education page for additional CEU opportunities.
American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS)
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Dietary Impact on Antibiotic Resistance in Feedlot Manure
Report on research conducted at the University of Nebraska, originally printed in the 2021 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report.
Summary
There is a growing public concern regarding antibiotic resistance and the use of antibiotics, including in livestock management. Understanding the ecology of antibiotic resistance among microbes, identifying resistance gene reservoirs, and implementing antibiotic resistance mitigation practices in livestock production is critical to protecting animal and human health while meeting increasing food demands. This research is one of several studies seeking to assess risk for livestock-to-human transfer of antibiotic resistance and to identify mechanisms for reducing that risk where possible. This study evaluated the impact of forage concentration and supplemental essential oil in beef cattle finishing diets on antibiotic resistance in freshly excreted and consolidated beef feedlot manure. Results indicate that antibiotic resistance in manure was not impacted by either of the two dietary treatments considered. Continue reading “Dietary Impact on Antibiotic Resistance in Feedlot Manure”
Antibiotic Resistance in Manure-Amended Agricultural Soils
Report on research conducted at the University of Nebraska, originally printed in the 2021 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report.
Summary
Manure application to agricultural land benefits soil health and agronomic yields. However, as antibiotic resistance becomes a more serious threat to public health, there is concern that antibiotic resistance originating from livestock manure could impact human health through contamination of the environment or food. This study sought to quantify this risk by monitoring concentrations of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes in fallow soil during the period of October through April, representing fall manure application through spring planting. Resistance to three common antibiotics – tylosin, azithromycin, and tetracycline – was monitored following application of fresh, stockpiled, or composted beef feedlot manure, or inorganic fertilizer. Overall, concentrations of all monitored resistant bacteria were below the detection limit for enumeration. Results indicate that while all the manure treatments increased at least one measure of antibiotic resistance during the sampling period, by the final sampling day antibiotic resistance prevalence and concentrations in manured plots were not significantly different from soil receiving no fertilizer treatments. Continue reading “Antibiotic Resistance in Manure-Amended Agricultural Soils”
Antibiotic use in food animals and its effect on antimicrobial resistance spread and human health
Most people alive today have never known a world without antibiotics. Antibiotics became widely used to treat bacterial infections in the 1930s and ‘40s, and were quickly labeled a “miracle drug”. But, as the widespread use of antibiotics evolved, so did the discovery of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. And we have now entered an era where antibiotic resistance is considered one of the biggest worldwide public health challenges of our time. Continue reading “Antibiotic use in food animals and its effect on antimicrobial resistance spread and human health”
We can learn a lot from poop
A summary of Using sewage for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance by Aarestrup and Woolhouse (2020)
Key Points
- Sewage-based surveillance for antimicrobial resistance provides a flexible, scalable, and quickly implementable AMR tracking method.
- Advances in DNA sequencing enable faster and more responsive resistance monitoring, which is essential to address AMR surveillance worldwide.
Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Surface Water Bodies
Antimicrobial resistance is a challenge that many face today in the agricultural field. As antibiotics and supplements are given to farm animals and their manure applied to crops and pasture, microbes are demonstrating resistance to antibiotics in agricultural settings. These bacteria have also been found residing in surface water bodies after being influenced by agriculture or animal production. These highly resistant bacteria have caused problems for human health with exposure to these bacteria.
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