Resilience of Loin Meat Microbiota and of Resistance Genes to a Chlortetracycline Treatment in Weaned Piglets

• Main Authors: Xavier C. Monger (Author), Linda Saucier (Author), Alex-An Gilbert (Author), Sophie Gosselin (Author), Éric Pouliot (Author), Sylvain Fournaise (Author), Antony T. Vincent (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: This project studied the impact of a chlortetracycline treatment in weaning piglets on the taxonomy and antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) content of the microbiomes on carcasses and loins. Methods: Two groups of piglets from two farrowing barns with either an average or a lower sanitary h...