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Use of antibiotics in the aquaculture environments of South East Asia (SEA) poses a risk that resistance to antibiotics will develop in environmental organisms, in the endogenous bacterial population of farmed species, and in their pathogens. Antibiotic resistant bacteria constitute a direct threat to farmers, consumers and other forms of livestock through potential transfer of resistance to human and animal pathogens, and threaten the viability of export markets. The project aimed to: · Obtain a preliminary indication of the extent of antibiotic resistance in SEA aquaculture; · Identify the resistance genes involved; · Assess the potential for transfer of antibiotic resistance from the aquaculture environment to possible human pathogens; · Identify critical control points (CCP) at which SEA fish farmers can apply monitoring systems to prevent or eliminate antibiotic resistance; · Disseminate control protocols among farming and disease control communities in SEA.
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