Robert Williams successfully defended his thesis work entitled, “Effect of Composting on the Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Cattle Manure”. This thesis explores the effect of composting on the levels of ARGs and numbers of bacteria capable of growing on media containing antibiotics. Beef and dairy manure from cattle were studied and it was found that the composting process itself had a stronger influence than whether they had previously been administered antibiotics.
Reducing Antibiotic Resistance
From Farm to Fork