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Understanding anthelmintic resistance in livestock using “omics” approaches

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Widespread and improper use of various anthelmintics, genetic, and epidemiological factors has resulted in anthelmintic-resistant (AR) helminth populations in livestock. This is currently quite common globally in different livestock animals including sheep, goats, and cattle to gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infections. Therefore, the mechanisms underlying AR in parasitic worm species have been the subject of ample research to tackle this challenge. Current and emerging technologies in the disciplines of genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and proteomics in livestock species have advanced the understanding of the intricate molecular AR mechanisms in many major parasites. The technologies have improved the identification of possible biomarkers of resistant parasites, the ability to find actual causative genes, regulatory networks, and pathways of parasites governing the AR development including the dynamics of helminth infection and host-parasite infections. In this review, various “omics”-driven technologies including genome scan, candidate gene, quantitative trait loci, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic approaches have been described to understand AR of parasites of veterinary importance. Also, challenges and future prospects of these “omics” approaches are also discussed.

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Conceptualization: AKP and AM; methodology: AM; supervision: AKP; writing—original draft: AM; writing—review and editing: AKP and IK; visualization: AM, AKP, and IK. All authors agreed the content of this manuscript.

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Correspondence to Amlan Kumar Patra.

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Mukherjee, A., Kar, I. & Patra, A.K. Understanding anthelmintic resistance in livestock using “omics” approaches. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 125439–125463 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-31045-y

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