The rumen microbiome as a reservoir of antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity genes is directly affected by diet in beef cattle

Abstract Background The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance is the most urgent current threat to human and animal health. An improved understanding of the abundance of antimicrobial resistance genes and genes associated with microbial colonisation and pathogenicity in the animal gut wil...

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Main Authors: Marc D. Auffret, Richard J. Dewhurst, Carol-Anne Duthie, John A. Rooke, R. John Wallace, Tom C. Freeman, Robert Stewart, Mick Watson, Rainer Roehe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
AMR
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0378-z