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The use of antibiotics is not permitted in Switzerland; moreover, no other medication exists to combat European foul brood. Hives with symptoms must therefore be destroyed in order to limit the outbreak, and the contaminated material must be sanitised. Since prevention is the best cure, early detection is desirable. Numerous studies have been undertaken and documents have been created at the Swiss Bee Research Centre and elsewhere to draw the attention of beekeepers to these problems and inform them about the causes and the control measures to be implemented.

Merkblatt zur erkennung von Bienenbrutkrankheiten (German (PDF, 357 kB, 18.10.2017) and French (PDF, 226 kB, 02.02.2017))
M. Tschumi (2011)

Potential Transmission of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain

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Project number: 22.09.18.07.03

Potential Transmission of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain

Half of all consumed fruit and vegetables in Switzerland are imported mainly from the Mediterranean region and, more and more, from other continents due to the higher demand of exotic fruits and to an increasing trend towards international gastronomy. Although it is well known that food may act as vehicle of dissemination of antimicrobial resistance, there is still lack of information about how the international trade of fresh produce contributes to this spreading. Moreover, there is a gap of knowledge about how the antibiotic-resistant bacteria present in food behave in the gastrointestinal tract once ingested by humans, and therefore, whether there is a risk of AMR transfer to the human microbiota. This project will help us to find answers to this important public health issue.

Last Name, First Name Location
Hummerjohann Jörg Liebefeld
Marti Serrano Elisabet Liebefeld
Stergiou Maria Theresia Wädenswil
Thönen Lisa Liebefeld

Thönen L., Hummerjohann J., Schwendimann L., Marti Serrano E.
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from Swiss ready-to-eat meat products.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 16, 2025, Article 1649307.

Thönen L., Marti Serrano E., Hummerjohann J., Schwendimann L.
Antibiotic resistant bacteria from food.
NCBI BioProject, Dataset, 2025

Thönen L., Marti Serrano E., Schwendimann L., Wagner E., Weik D., Meier S.
Antibiotic resistant bacteria in ready-to-eat meat products from Switzerland.
Zenodo, Dataset, 2025

Stergiou M. T., Vollenweider V., Joyce A., Murphy S., Walser J.-C., Ju F., Bürgmann H., Hummerjohann J., Walsh F., Drissner D.
Unde venis? Bacterial resistance from environmental reservoirs to lettuce: Tracking microbiome and resistome over a growth period.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 100, (10), 2024, Article fiae118.

Kläui A., Bütikofer U., Naskova J., Wagner E., Marti Serrano E.
Fresh produce as a reservoir of antimicrobial resistance genes: A case study of Switzerland.
Science of the Total Environment, 907, 2024, 1-12.

Olivares-Pacheco J., Marti Serrano E., Rodriguez-Rubio L., Calero-Caceres W.
Editorial: Antimicrobial resistance in aquatic environments, Vol II.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 2023, 1-3.

Calero-Cáceres W., Marti Serrano E., Olivares-Pacheco J., Rodriguez-Rubio L.
Editorial: Antimicrobial resistance in aquatic environments.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 2022, 1-3.

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Tierseuchenverordnung - Abschnitt: Sauerbrut der Bienen (German, French and Italian)

Technische Weisungen des BLV - Sauerbrut (German, French and Italian)

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