Sajjad-ur-Rahman

TL;DR: Serological evidence for the transmission of PPR virus from sheep and goats to cattle and buffalo is presented and the need to include PPR serology in the sero-monitoring programme is highlighted to give a better indication of national herd immunity of sheep and goat against PPR.

TL;DR: A diverse genetic background and high virulence and resistance potentials for APEC isolates in Pakistan are revealed.

TL;DR: This is the first report on the detection of virulence-associated genes and multidrug resistance among APEC isolates in Pakistan and the strains with the predominant set of VAGs can be used for colibacillosis diagnosis and as a potential vaccine candidate.

Abstract: Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threat to global health, food security, and development today. Every year, antimicrobial resistant infections kill 700,000 people across the globe. If dramatic actions are not taken soon, this number could skyrocket, reaching ten million deaths annually by 2050. The rapid emergence of antimicrobial-resistant infections is exacerbated by the irrantional use of antimicrobials in human and veterinary medicine and in the agriculture industry.Antimicrobial use is considered to be the single most important factor leading to resistance. Demand for meat is rising with the increase in world population, driving the expansion of large commercial livestock and poultry farming where antibiotics are frequently used in for treatment, prophylactic and growth promotion to ensure safe and sufficient food. A growing world population, temperature and the increasing food demand has put immense pressure on our food supply chains and food systems. Partly driven by public concerns over antimicrobial resistance, the food industry is slowly shifting away from meat raised with antibiotics. Recently, climatic factor like an increase in global temperature has also been attributed to be contributing towards emergence of antimicrobial resistance.

TL;DR: The results indicated that MCCIE is simple and inexpensive test as compared to CCIE & RPHA to detect and titrate HPS virus in the infected poultry liver samples.