Contents
Contributors
Preface
1. Modes of Antimicrobial Action and Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance
(Luca
Guardabassi and Patrice Courvalin)
2. History of Antimicrobial Usage in Agriculture: an Overview (John F.
Prescott)
3. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria of Veterinary
Origin
(Jeffrey L. Watts and Cynthia J. Lindeman)
4. Molecular Methods for Detection of Antibiotic Resistance (Henk J. M.
Aarts,
Beatriz Guerra, and Burkhard Malorny)
5. Drug Selection and Optimization of Dosage Schedules To Minimize
Antimicrobial
Resistance (Peter Lees, Didier Concordet, Fariborz Shojaee Aliabadi,
and
Pierre-
Louis Toutain)
6. Mechanisms and Spread of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial
Agents
(Stefan
Schwarz, Axel Cloeckaert, and Marilyn C. Roberts)
7. Resistance to Metals Used in Agricultural Production (Henrik Hasman,
Sylvia
Franke, and Christopher Rensing)
8. Disinfectant Resistance in Bacteria (Mark A. Webber, Martin J.
Woodward,
and
Laura J. V. Piddock)
9. Antimicrobial Resistance in Clostridium and Brachyspira spp. and
Other
Anaerobes (Anders Franklin, Marit Pringle, and David J. Hampson)
10. Antimicrobial Resistance in Pathogenic Escherichia coli from
Animals
(David
G. White)
11. Antimicrobial Resistance in Members of the Family Pasteurellaceae
(Corinna
Kehrenberg, Robert D. Walker, Ching Ching Wu, and Stefan Schwarz)
12. Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococci and Streptococci of
Animal
Origin
(Frank M. Aarestrup and Stefan Schwarz)
13. Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Fish Pathogens (Henning Sorum)
14. Mycoplasma spp. (Frank M. Aarestrup and Isabelle Kempf)
15. Other Pathogens (Frank M. Aarestrup)
16. Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter spp. (Jorgen Engberg,
Monica
Keelan, Peter Gerner-Smidt, and Diane E. Taylor)
17. Antimicrobial Resistance in Nontyphoidal Salmonellae (Patrick F.
McDermott)
18. Enterococcus spp. (Shabbir Simjee, Lars B. Jensen, Susan M.
Donabedian,
and
Marcus J. Zervos)
19. The Clinical Importance of Animal-Related Resistance (Kare Molbak)
20. The Origin, Evolution, and Local and Global Dissemination of
Antimicrobial
Resistance (Frank M. Aarestrup)
21. Licensing and Approval of Antimicrobials for Use in Animals (Linda
Tollefson, Deborah Morris, Christopher Boland, and Jack Kay)
22. Monitoring of Antimicrobial Drug Usage in Animals: Methods and
Applications
(Kari Grave, Vibeke Frokjar Jensen, Scott McEwen, and Hilde Kruse)
23. Monitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals: Principles and
Practices
(Scott A. McEwen, Frank M. Aarestrup, and David Jordan)
24. Risk Assessment and Its Use in Approval, Licensing, and Prudent Use
Guidelines (David Vose)
25. Concluding Remarks and Future Aspects: Some Personal Views (Frank
M.
Aarestrup)
Index