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Impact of antimicrobial use on abundance of antimicrobial resistance genes in chicken flocks in Vietnam

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Hanoi, Viet Nam ;

Pages 11p.

Author Nhung, N., Dutta, A.;

Publisher Oxford University Press ;

Product type Article

Synopsis (short abstract) Antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial infections are estimated to cause hundreds of thousands of deaths globally, resulting in a significant economic burden. Excessive use of antimicrobials in human communities and hospitals, as well as in animal production, is a major driver for the emergence and dissemination of AMR. Notably, approximately 75 percent of antimicrobial use (AMU) globally is associated with animal production. Poultry meat (predominantly chicken) is the most consumed protein commodity worldwide. Due to fast population growth and rising incomes the global consumption of poultry meat has been rising and is expected to reach 150 million tonnes by 2029.4 In Vietnam, chicken consumption has increased 119 percent (from 451  000 to 990  000 tonnes) between 2010 and 2020, ranking as the second most commonly consumed type of meat after pork.

Open access article. This article is academically peer reviewed and published externally.” This article is published in JAC-Antimicrobial ResistanceVolume 5, Issue 4, August 2023

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Nguyen Thi Nhung, Avijit Dutta, Ellen Higginson, Leanne Kermack, Nguyen Thi Phuong Yen, Doan Hoang Phu, Bach Tuan Kiet, Marc Choisy, Ronald B Geskus, Stephen Baker, Juan Carrique-Mas, Impact of antimicrobial use on abundance of antimicrobial resistance genes in chicken flocks in Vietnam, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2023, dlad090, https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad090 

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