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National Agricultural Library
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Coprophagous flies as novel one health bio-monitors of terrestrial antimicrobial resistance

Objective

Objective 1: Determine the rate of ingestion and persistence of ARB and potential mobilization ARGs in coprophagous flies under a range of environmental conditions.Objective 2: Determine the excretion of ARB and ARGs from coprophagous flies to surfaces under a range of environmental conditions.Objective 3: Determine the relationship between ARB and ARGs in wild caught coprophagous flies with temporally and geographically matched agricultural products and irrigation water.

Institution
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Start date
2025
End date
2027
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
INDW-2024-11431
Accession number
1033825
https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1033825.php