Antimicrobial Use in Companion Animals—2nd Edition
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 173
Special Issue Editors
Interests: veterinary microbiology; bacteriology; one health; antimicrobial resistance
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Interests: Campylobacter; Salmonella; one health; antimicrobial resistance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Currently, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and complex issue. It is now generally accepted that antimicrobial use (AMU) plays a major role in the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in a microbial population. As the issue of AMU has been addressed only quantitatively, the focus has fallen for several years on AMU in food-producing animals, where the largest quantity of antimicrobials is being used. However, companion animals are now increasingly recognized as a reservoir and source of transmission of resistant microbes for other animals and humans. However, the extent to which this occurs is still unknown. As the number of households that own a companion animal is large and constantly increasing (nearly 200 million in Europe alone), significant concerns are raised regarding the lack of knowledge on the risk factors and transmission routes for the transfer of AMR between these animals and humans. At the same time, there is a significant knowledge gap regarding the current AMU in companion animal daily clinical veterinary practice, both in terms of its quantitative/qualitative data and in terms of its possible negative effects. This Special Issue aims to gather and publish significant additional knowledge on all of these issues, hosting relevant research studies and reviews.
Dr. George Valiakos
Dr. Ihab Habib
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antimicrobial use
- antimicrobial resistance
- companion animals
- pets
- one health
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