scholarly journals Proteomics and the search for welfare and stress biomarkers in animal production in the one-health context

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2024-2035 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Marco-Ramell ◽  
A. M. de Almeida ◽  
S. Cristobal ◽  
P. Rodrigues ◽  
P. Roncada ◽  
...  

Stress and welfare are important factors in animal production in the context of growing production optimization and scrutiny by the general public.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingeborg Björkman ◽  
Marta Röing ◽  
Jaran Eriksen ◽  
Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg

AbstractObjectiveTo describe how stakeholders at different levels in food animal production in Sweden work to contain antibiotic resistance, with a special focus on poultry production. The stakeholders’ perceptions of antibiotic resistance and awareness of the One Health concept were also studied.MethodsThis is an interview study with thirteen informants. They represent policymakers, trade organisations, and veterinarians and farmers in the poultry industry. Interview transcripts were analysed using content analysis. The analysis continued until a latent theme emerged, and then the content was rearranged in four domains.FindingsA latent theme “Working in unison” emerged, based on the consistency expressed by the informants when they discussed antibiotic resistance, use of antibiotics and food animal production methods. The theme was built on four domains, representing the content of the interviews: Knowledge and engagement; Cooperation; Animal health concept; and Development in balance with economic prerequisites. The work for healthy animals started in Sweden already in the 1920-ies and continued step by step in cooperation and with support from the government. In 1986 Sweden became the first country to ban antibiotics for growth promotion. Veterinarians were considered important drivers of processes by spreading knowledge and working close to the farmers. Farmers felt involved in the development of production methods. The One Health concept was well known among stakeholders working at national level but not among veterinarians in production or farmers.ConclusionsSweden has come far in work to contain antibiotic resistance in the animal sector by practicing restrictive use of antibiotics in food animal production. This practise is based on a long tradition of cooperation among stakeholders, from policymakers to farmers, and with a primary focus on animal health and welfare.


Author(s):  
Andrea Springer ◽  
Antje Glass ◽  
Julia Probst ◽  
Christina Strube

AbstractAround the world, human health and animal health are closely linked in terms of the One Health concept by ticks acting as vectors for zoonotic pathogens. Animals do not only maintain tick cycles but can either be clinically affected by the same tick-borne pathogens as humans and/or play a role as reservoirs or sentinel pathogen hosts. However, the relevance of different tick-borne diseases (TBDs) may vary in human vs. veterinary medicine, which is consequently reflected by the availability of human vs. veterinary diagnostic tests. Yet, as TBDs gain importance in both fields and rare zoonotic pathogens, such as Babesia spp., are increasingly identified as causes of human disease, a One Health approach regarding development of new diagnostic tools may lead to synergistic benefits. This review gives an overview on zoonotic protozoan, bacterial and viral tick-borne pathogens worldwide, discusses commonly used diagnostic techniques for TBDs, and compares commercial availability of diagnostic tests for humans vs. domestic animals, using Germany as an example, with the aim of highlighting existing gaps and opportunities for collaboration in a One Health framework.


One Health ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 100257
Author(s):  
Chikwe Ihekweazu ◽  
Charles Akataobi Michael ◽  
Patrick M. Nguku ◽  
Ndadilnasiya Endie Waziri ◽  
Abdulrazaq Garba Habib ◽  
...  

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Sarah Humboldt-Dachroeden ◽  
Alberto Mantovani

Background: One Health is a comprehensive and multisectoral approach to assess and examine the health of animals, humans and the environment. However, while the One Health approach gains increasing momentum, its practical application meets hindrances. This paper investigates the environmental pillar of the One Health approach, using two case studies to highlight the integration of environmental considerations. The first case study pertains to the Danish monitoring and surveillance programme for antimicrobial resistance, DANMAP. The second case illustrates the occurrence of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk in dairy-producing ruminants in Italian regions. Method: A scientific literature search was conducted in PubMed and Web of Science to locate articles informing the two cases. Grey literature was gathered to describe the cases as well as their contexts. Results: 19 articles and 10 reports were reviewed and informed the two cases. The cases show how the environmental component influences the apparent impacts for human and animal health. The DANMAP highlights the two approaches One Health and farm to fork. The literature provides information on the comprehensiveness of the DANMAP, but highlights some shortcomings in terms of environmental considerations. The AFM1 case, the milk metabolite of the carcinogenic mycotoxin aflatoxin B1, shows that dairy products are heavily impacted by changes of the climate as well as by economic drivers. Conclusions: The two cases show that environmental conditions directly influence the onset and diffusion of hazardous factors. Climate change, treatment of soils, water and standards in slaughterhouses as well as farms can have a great impact on the health of animals, humans and the environment. Hence, it is important to include environmental considerations, for example, via engaging environmental experts and sharing data. Further case studies will help to better define the roles of environment in One Health scenarios.


2021 ◽  
pp. 004947552110052
Author(s):  
Sandeep Moola ◽  
Deepti Beri ◽  
Abdul Salam ◽  
Jagnoor Jagnoor ◽  
Arun Teja ◽  
...  

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of public health importance in India. A country-level evidence gap map was developed to identify gaps on epidemiology of leptospirosis. It is the first such on leptospirosis globally and on any single disease condition in India. The steps for development of evidence gap map were development of a framework to map evidence, retrieval of evidence, data extraction parameters and mapping of available evidence in evidence gap map framework. The prevalence evidence gap map consisted of 157 studies (102 in humans, 55 in animals, and 12 in both). The evidence gap map on risk factors had 120 studies (102 in humans, 11 in animals and 7 in both). There were inter-state differences in availability of research and disparity between animal and human research. Research on high-risk groups was limited and studies did not use the One Health approach to identify epidemiology, which can help understand the issue more comprehensively. The study demonstrates the potential of evidence gap maps to inform research priorities.


Public Health ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bellizzi ◽  
G. Pichierri ◽  
G. Canu ◽  
D. Dessi' ◽  
C.M. Panu Napodano
Keyword(s):  

2021 ◽  
Vol 188 (9) ◽  
pp. 361-361
Author(s):  
Michael James Francis
Keyword(s):  
The One ◽  

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Lauren L. Wind ◽  
Jonathan S. Briganti ◽  
Anne M. Brown ◽  
Timothy P. Neher ◽  
Meghan F. Davis ◽  
...  

The success of a One Health approach to combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requires effective data sharing across the three One Health domains (human, animal, and environment). To investigate if there are differences in language use across the One Health domains, we examined the peer-reviewed literature using a combination of text data mining and natural language processing techniques on 20,000 open-access articles related to AMR and One Health. Evaluating AMR key term frequency from the European PubMed Collection published between 1990 and 2019 showed distinct AMR language usage within each domain and incongruent language usage across domains, with significant differences in key term usage frequencies when articles were grouped by the One Health sub-specialties (2-way ANOVA; p < 0.001). Over the 29-year period, “antibiotic resistance” and “AR” were used 18 times more than “antimicrobial resistance” and “AMR”. The discord of language use across One Health potentially weakens the effectiveness of interdisciplinary research by creating accessibility issues for researchers using search engines. This research was the first to quantify this disparate language use within One Health, which inhibits collaboration and crosstalk between domains. We suggest the following for authors publishing AMR-related research within the One Health context: (1) increase title/abstract searchability by including both antimicrobial and antibiotic resistance related search terms; (2) include “One Health” in the title/abstract; and (3) prioritize open-access publication.


2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabienne Archer ◽  
Alexandra Bobet-Erny ◽  
Maryline Gomes

AbstractThe number and severity of diseases affecting lung development and adult respiratory function have stimulated great interest in developing new in vitro models to study lung in different species. Recent breakthroughs in 3-dimensional (3D) organoid cultures have led to new physiological in vitro models that better mimic the lung than conventional 2D cultures. Lung organoids simulate multiple aspects of the real organ, making them promising and useful models for studying organ development, function and disease (infection, cancer, genetic disease). Due to their dynamics in culture, they can serve as a sustainable source of functional cells (biobanking) and be manipulated genetically. Given the differences between species regarding developmental kinetics, the maturation of the lung at birth, the distribution of the different cell populations along the respiratory tract and species barriers for infectious diseases, there is a need for species-specific lung models capable of mimicking mammal lungs as they are of great interest for animal health and production, following the One Health approach. This paper reviews the latest developments in the growing field of lung organoids.


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