Current situation of Staphylococcus aureus infection in livestock and poultry and progress in the prevention and control with Chinese herbal medicines

Abstract:

Staphylococcus aureus, a common major zoonotic opportunistic pathogen, spreads widely in the community and the livestock and poultry environment, seriously threatening veterinary public health. The frequent occurrence of drug-resistant strains of S.aureus has posed a challenge to the antimicrobial strategies based on antibiotics. In response to the Chinese policy of reducing and substituting antibiotics, a large number of Chinese herbal medicines as the alternatives of antibiotics have been put into clinical research. This paper summarized the S.aureus infection situation, current status of drug resistance, and epidemic characteristics of drug-resistant strains in livestock and poultry, summarized the prevention and control strategies. Furthermore, this paper analyzed the mechanisms and targets of Chinese herbal medicines in the prevention and control of this pathogen, providing research contents for clinical research on the antibacterial strategies of Chinese herbal medicines.