VetSRev
Database of veterinary systematic reviews
Database of veterinary systematic reviews
Ars Veterinaria (2022) 38: 57–65
DOI: 10.15361/2175-0106.2022v38n2p57-65
The use of antimicrobials in animals is broader compared to humans, which can influence the increase in microbial resistance. This study was a systematic review which determined the prevalence of resistant Enterococcus faecium in commercial cattle. Eighteen studies were included, mainly carried out in European countries (n= 9) and in the production (n= 11) and retail (n= 7) environments. The main material used in the detection of the microorganism was milk. The mean prevalence of resistant E. faecium in cattle was 4.3% (95% CI= 2.8-5.0%), but the prevalence in Asia was higher [25.4% (95% CI= 20.5-30.6%)]. There was a higher prevalence in samples from retail (13.7%; 95% CI= 11.5-16.1%) and collected mainly from equipment surfaces (12.5%; 95% CI= 5.5-26.1%) than in the others tested samples. Antibiotics frequently tested were vancomycin, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, and erythromycin, with resistance percentages of 50%, 59%, 79%, and 94%, respectively. These results reinforce the need to plan interventions to reduce antimicrobials in food-producing animals.
Brotto, A. L. C., Silva, S. V., Silva, R. L. S., Antoniazzi, F. B., Stievano, J. M., Nakagh, A. C. H., Barberato-Filho, S., Silva, M. T., & Bergamaschi, C. C. (2022). Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Enterococcus faecium in commercial cattle: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ars Veterinaria, 38(2), 57–65. https://doi.org/10.15361/2175-0106.2022v38n2p57-65 Cattle, Prevalence, cows, dairy cattle, dairy cows, meta-analysis, techniques, systematic reviews, statistical analysis, research, disease prevalence, milk, antibiotics, tetracycline, tetracyclines, glycopeptide antibiotics, vancomycin, antiinfective agents, antibiotic resistance, ciprofloxacin, fluoroquinolone antibiotics, milk composition, macrolide antibiotics, erythromycin