[August 4, 2025] Antimicrobials in Animal Husbandry (Current Trends in Antimicrobial Research) 1st Edition

A Comprehensive Guide to Antimicrobial Resistance in Animal Husbandry

This book discusses antimicrobial resistance mechanisms relevant to food-producing animals. It addresses the public health crisis of antibiotic resistance by exploring how antibiotic use in farm animals contributes to the overall problem. This book serves as a valuable resource for a wide range of professionals and students, offering strategies for alternatives to antimicrobial application in food animals.

Key Features

• Up-to-Date Research: It covers antimicrobial resistance in animal husbandry with up-to-date research and includes recent references on each plausible antimicrobial resistance in human and animal health.
• Public Health Impact: The book describes the public health impact of the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry. The global spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogenic bacteria is a continuing challenge to the healthcare of humans and domesticated animals, and this book addresses this challenge.
• Strategies for Alternatives: It develops strategies for alternatives to antimicrobial application in food animals and aims to minimize the health-related problems of consumers resulting from antimicrobial residues in food-producing animals.
• Impact on Production: It describes the impact of improper use of antimicrobials on animal production.
• Broad Audience: It is a valuable resource for students, researchers, scientists, environmentalists, veterinary practitioners, academicians, stakeholders, and policymakers.