Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Emergence of antimicrobial resistance by drug abuse in aquaculture
Author(s): Dhayanath M, Abisha Juliet Mary SJ, Tapas Paul, Susitharan V and Kathiresan K
Abstract: The development and spread of antimicrobial resistance has become a global public health problem nowadays. This emergence of AMR in aquaculture industry increased due the overuse or misuse of antimicrobials as therapeutic and prophylactic agents. Even though India has banned about 22 antibiotics, there has been an uncontrolled usage prevails causing maximum shrimp entry line rejections in past years. Moreover in aquaculture for combating bacterial diseases, antimicrobials such as oxytetracycline, florfenicol, sarafloxacin, and enrofloxacin were commonly in usage. This high reports on the antimicrobials leads to the increased incidences of antibiotic resistance (ABR) in the aquatic environments thus paves the way for antibiotic residues to easily reach the environment through fish-farm wastes, thus exerting higher implications on the environment. This mini review clearly shows the spread of AMR and its effect on environment and human health.
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Dhayanath M, Abisha Juliet Mary SJ, Tapas Paul, Susitharan V, Kathiresan K. Emergence of antimicrobial resistance by drug abuse in aquaculture. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):594-597.
