scholarly journals Antimicrobial Peptides as Potential Alternatives to Antibiotics in Food Animal Industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Wang ◽  
Xiangfang Zeng ◽  
Qing Yang ◽  
Shiyan Qiao
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Peptides ◽  
Food Animal ◽  
Animal Industry

Food Animal Industry Activities in Food Safety

2008 ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Peter Cowen ◽  
Donald E. Hansen ◽  
Charles L. Hofacre ◽  
Edward J. Noga ◽  
David G. Pyburn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Animal ◽  
Animal Industry

scholarly journals Insects Represent a Link between Food Animal Farms and the Urban Environment for Antibiotic Resistance Traits

2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (12) ◽  
pp. 3562-3567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludek Zurek ◽  
Anuradha Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Resistant Bacteria ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant ◽  
Insect Management ◽  
Food Animal ◽  
Animal Farms ◽  
Animal Industry ◽  
Food Animals ◽  
Resistance Traits

ABSTRACTAntibiotic-resistant bacterial infections result in higher patient mortality rates, prolonged hospitalizations, and increased health care costs. Extensive use of antibiotics as growth promoters in the animal industry represents great pressure for evolution and selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria on farms. Despite growing evidence showing that antibiotic use and bacterial resistance in food animals correlate with resistance in human pathogens, the proof for direct transmission of antibiotic resistance is difficult to provide. In this review, we make a case that insects commonly associated with food animals likely represent a direct and important link between animal farms and urban communities for antibiotic resistance traits. Houseflies and cockroaches have been shown to carry multidrug-resistant clonal lineages of bacteria identical to those found in animal manure. Furthermore, several studies have demonstrated proliferation of bacteria and horizontal transfer of resistance genes in the insect digestive tract as well as transmission of resistant bacteria by insects to new substrates. We propose that insect management should be an integral part of pre- and postharvest food safety strategies to minimize spread of zoonotic pathogens and antibiotic resistance traits from animal farms. Furthermore, the insect link between the agricultural and urban environment presents an additional argument for adopting prudent use of antibiotics in the food animal industry.

Antimicrobial peptides in COPD

Pneumologie ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 63 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Günther ◽  
E Andresen ◽  
J Bullwinkel ◽  
C Lange ◽  
H Heine
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Peptides
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