title: Benefits and risks of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals.
abstract: Benefits and risks of antimicrobial drugs, used in food-producing animals, continue to be complex and controversial issues. This review comprehensively presents the benefits of antimicrobials drugs regarding control of animal diseases, protection of public health, enhancement of animal production, improvement of environment, and effects of the drugs on biogas production and public health associated with antimicrobial resistance. The positive and negative impacts, due to ban issue of antimicrobial agents used in food-producing animals, are also included in the discussion. As a double-edged sword, use of these drugs in food-animals persists as a great challenge.
authors: MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China.
authors: Haihong
authors: H
authors: Hao
authors: MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China.
authors: Guyue
authors: G
authors: Cheng
authors: MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China.
authors: Zahid
authors: Z
authors: Iqbal
authors: Yongtgz River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences Wuhan, China.
authors: Xiaohui
authors: X
authors: Ai
authors: MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China.
authors: Hafiz I
authors: HI
authors: Hussain
authors: MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China.
authors: Lingli
authors: L
authors: Huang
authors: MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China.
authors: Menghong
authors: M
authors: Dai
authors: National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues and MOA Key Laboratory for the Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues in Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China.
authors: Yulian
authors: Y
authors: Wang
authors: National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues and MOA Key Laboratory for the Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues in Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China.
authors: Zhenli
authors: Z
authors: Liu
authors: MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China ; National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues and MOA Key Laboratory for the Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues in Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China.
authors: Zonghui
authors: Z
authors: Yuan
keywords: animal food production; antimicrobial drug; benefit; public health; risk