A low-tech sludge solution for reducing antimicrobial resistance

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A low-tech solution to help farmers make more money from their muck could also help reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance from sewage and manure, according to scientists at The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen and Center for Environmental Health and Engineering (CEHE) in Surrey.

, it's a win–win, especially as there isn't any other financial incentive to reduce ARGs in their muck. However, this approach should not be seen as a panacea and more research is required."

Antimicrobial resistance develops when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. ARGs can pass between microorganisms, spreading resistance, and it's known that sewage sludge andAccording to the researchers' review, which has been published in the, pig and chicken manure tended to have both more and more diverse ARGs compared with that of cattle and sheep.

Review co-author and Hutton senior environmental microbiologist Dr. Lisa Avery adds,"While it's generally accepted that ARGs have been around since before antibiotics were discovered and arise naturally, their evolution has been exacerbated by the extent to which antibiotics are now used.

 

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