One Health approach, a solution to reducing the menace of multidrug-resistant bacteria and zoonoses from domesticated animals in Nigeria – A review

Authors

  • Oluwamayowa Samuel Akinsuyi University of Lagos
  • Oluwatosin Qawiyy Orababa University of Lagos
  • Olufemi Micheal Juwon University of Lagos
  • Iyiola Olatunji Oladunjoye University of Ilorin
  • Elizabeth Temiloluwa Akande Joseph Ayo Babalola University
  • Mmaduka Mathew Ekpueke Adekunle Ajasin University
  • Henry Etim Emmanuel University of Calabar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.88

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance and zoonoses are leading public health challenges the world is currently battling. However, the continuous use of antibiotics for veterinary care in companion animals, including fish and dogs among others, has increased the prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria of zoonotic potential. Domesticated animals are tamed animals that are kept by humans as companion animals, food sources or work animals, and live in close proximity to humans. They have been documented as potential sources of MDR pathogens. The establishment of a national surveillance database for MDR bacteria in humans, animals and the environment will help understand the true burden of MDR pathogens in developing countries, like Nigeria. It will also help identify possible ways to curb them and fill the knowledge gap in the global epidemiological map. The One Health approach to curbing the spread of MDR and zoonotic pathogens by determining the human-animal-environment transmission holds a great advantage in tackling and reducing the prevalence of these pathogens in Nigeria. The regulation of antibiotic use in animals and the implementation of good hygiene are possible ways to reduce the incidence and spread of MDR bacteria and zoonoses.

Author Biography

Oluwatosin Qawiyy Orababa, University of Lagos

A Microbiologist with special in antibiotic resistance and epidemiology of clinical pathogens.

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Published

2021-06-23

How to Cite

Akinsuyi, O. S., Orababa, O. Q., Juwon, O. M., Oladunjoye, I. O., Akande, E. T., Ekpueke, M. M., & Emmanuel, H. E. (2021). One Health approach, a solution to reducing the menace of multidrug-resistant bacteria and zoonoses from domesticated animals in Nigeria – A review. Global Biosecurity, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.88

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Vol. 3 (2021)

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Reviews

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Received 2020-09-17
Accepted 2021-06-08
Published 2021-06-23