Resilience of Loin Meat Microbiota and of Resistance Genes to a Chlortetracycline Treatment in Weaned Piglets
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 health status were used.Each group was divided in ha