Detection of antibiotic residues in camel and goat meat from markets in Mogadishu city, Somalia

Antibiotic Residues in fresh Chicken, Fish and Beef Meat samples in ‎Maiduguri, Nigeria

“…This study determined the presence of antibiotic residues and could be explained on sharing similar geographical border in the study area, and may likely shared unnecessary use of antibiotic in animal husbandry. Various extensive reviews reported similar pattern of presence of antibiotic residues in meats in Africa (Darwish et al, 2013;Mensah et al, 2014;Okocha, et al, 2018;Mohammed et al, 2019;Thi et al, 2020;Tebug et al, 2022) In a comparative study of presence of antibiotic residues in goat meat and camel meat in total samples of 100, Mohamed et al (2022) found only 13/100 (13%) with 9 (18%,95% CI: 8.6 -31.4%) of meat sampled from camel had antibiotic residue, while only 4 (8% 95% CI: 2.2 -19.2%) of meat from goats contain antibiotic residue. The wide variation of the detection level could be based on the economic importance of the sample source and how frequently are used, hence, camel and the goat may not likely to be exposed to antimicrobial agents at least for prophylaxis purpose.…”

One Health in Somalia: Present status, opportunities, and challenges

“…2 ). Additionally, the misuse of antibiotics in humans and animals, including using outdated veterinary drugs in livestock for therapeutic purposes, might contribute to the AMR problem in Somalia [ 29 ]. It is becoming evident that governmental, nongovernmental, and educational organizations must collaborate to solve global health challenges, particularly AMR.…”