Article published the November 11, 2024
INTRODUCTIONFoodborne infections caused by Salmonella enterica are of primary importance worldwide. The WHO estimates that Salmonella causes more than 153 million illnesses, 120,281 deaths, and 8.27 million disability-adjusted life years annually (1). As foodstuffs can be contaminated in several parts of the food chain, a “from farm to table” approach is necessary to understand the epi ...
Article published the October 19, 2023
INTRODUCTIONThe World Health Organization recognizes antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a major health threat in the 21st century (1). A global projection predicts that the increase of deaths linked to AMR will develop from 700,000 in 2016 to 10 million deaths per year in 2050 while 100 trillion USD could be lost by 2050 (2). In this scenario, the use of antibiotics in food animal production is one ...
Article published the May 11, 2023
Introduction:Worldwide there is growing concern about the increase of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could be considered as the result of (over)usage of antimicrobials (AMs) in human beings and animals. In order to reduce further increase of AMR the government of the Netherlands together with the livestock sectors and vets developed an action plan to reduce the use of AMs ...
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Article published the August 4, 2021
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global concern, for both animal health and public health. Estimations of the burden of AMR predict that 10 million people will die annually in 2050 when no action is taken now. Many resistant bacteria (or resistance genes) can cross species barriers, and therefore exchange of resistant bacteria and resistance genes between humans, animals and the ...
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