Phenomenal Bombardment of Antibiotic in Poultry: Contemplating the Environmental Repercussions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Judy Gopal¹  Muthu Manikandan¹  Sechul Chun¹  Zakayo Kazibwe¹  Jae-Wook Oh²  UdaiBhan Singh³ 

[1] Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea;Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea;Plant-Microbe Interaction & Rhizosphere Biology LabICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Mau Nath Bhanjan 275103, Uttar Pradesh, India;

关键词: poultry;    composting;    microorganisms;    antibiotics;    degradation;    environment;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph17145053

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Antibiotics have constantly been added at an unprecedented rate in order to enhance poultry meat production. Such antibiotics impose a negative impact on human health directly through meat and egg consumption. On the other hand, they also affect humans indirectly by affecting the normal key microbial processes in the agricultural environments, when used as poultry compost. For many years, farmers have been turning poultry litter into compost for agricultural use. Very few studies have addressed the fate of the unmetabolized antibiotic residues in poultry litter that could potentially affect microbial communities when used as poultry compost. We have also questioned the fate of residual antibiotic in poultry waste which may create possible negative environmental pressure on microbial communities that are involved in microbial mediated poultry litter composting processes. The incorporation of antibiotic degrading environmental isolates in poultry litter at the initial stage of composting in order to accelerate the process is addressed in this review as a future perspective.

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