Global research output on antimicrobial resistance in dairy farming

Abstract

Antimicrobials are pivotal in treating bacterial infections. More often than any other class of antimicrobial, antibiotics are a class of antimicrobials used primarily to treat bacterial infections. Thus, both human health and life longevity, as well as the welfare of animals, have greatly improved with the development of antibiotics as a means of treating infectious diseases. Dairy farming is essential to satisfying the world’s demand for dairy products. Nevertheless, improper use of antibiotics in dairy farming contributes greatly to the formation of antimicrobial resistance. Moreover, the resulting antimicrobial resistance can be transferred to humans by consuming contaminated dairy products. Therefore, the scientific community has been intensively studying the relationship between dairy farming and antimicrobial resistance since 1983. And, due to the increasing awareness of antimicrobial resistance worldwide, studies on antimicrobial resistance in dairy farming have rapidly increased 89 times in the last twenty years. Today, the development of antimicrobial resistance in dairy farming is among the trending research topics. For this purpose, this study is the first bibliometric approach that aims to guide future studies by revealing all aspects of the studies on this subject between 1983 and 2023.