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Prevalence of High-Risk β-Lactam Resistance Genes in Family Livestock Farms in Danjiangkou Reservoir Basin, Central China

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  • Fengxia Yang

    (Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
    China-UK Agro-Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Joint Research Centre, Tianjin 300191, China)

  • Zulin Zhang

    (China-UK Agro-Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Joint Research Centre, Tianjin 300191, China
    The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK)

  • Zijun Li

    (Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
    China-UK Agro-Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Joint Research Centre, Tianjin 300191, China)

  • Bingjun Han

    (Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China)

  • Keqiang Zhang

    (Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
    China-UK Agro-Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Joint Research Centre, Tianjin 300191, China)

  • Peng Yang

    (Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China)

  • Yongzhen Ding

    (Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
    China-UK Agro-Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control Joint Research Centre, Tianjin 300191, China)

Abstract

The propagation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from domestic livestock manure is an unnegligible important environmental problem. There is an increasing need to understand the role of domestic livestock manure in causing antibiotic resistance in the environment to minimize risks to human health. Here, we targeted β-lactam resistance genes ( bla genes), primarily discovered in clinical settings, to compare the high-risk ARG profile and their main spreading vectors of 26 family livestock farms in China and analyze the effects of domestic livestock manure on their receiving farmland environments. Results showed that the high-risk bla genes and their spreading carriers were widely prevalent in livestock and poultry manure from family farms. The bla ampC gene encoding extended-spectrum AmpC β-lactamases, as well as its corresponding spreading carrier (class-1 integron), had the highest occurrence level. The bla gene abundance in family chicken farms was higher than that in family swine and cattle farms, while the bla gene contamination in the feces of laying hens or beef cattle was worse than that in corresponding broiler chickens or dairy cattle. Notably, the application from domestic livestock manure led to substantial emission of bla genes, which significantly increased the abundance of high-risk resistance genes in farmland soil by 12–46 times. This study demonstrated the prevalence and severity of high-risk resistance genes in domestic livestock and poultry manure; meanwhile, the discharge of bla genes also highlighted the need to mitigate the persistence and spread of these elevated high-risk genes in agricultural systems.

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  • Fengxia Yang & Zulin Zhang & Zijun Li & Bingjun Han & Keqiang Zhang & Peng Yang & Yongzhen Ding, 2022. "Prevalence of High-Risk β-Lactam Resistance Genes in Family Livestock Farms in Danjiangkou Reservoir Basin, Central China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-15, May.
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