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Animal Science and Veterinary
China
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
69
Citations
15997
World Ranking
185
National Ranking
5

Microbiology

D-Index
69
Citations
15910
World Ranking
2066
National Ranking
48

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award

Overview

Patrick Butaye is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on various subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine, Pollution, and Food Science.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing.

Frequent publication venues for Patrick Butaye include Antibiotics, Veterinary Sciences, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Microorganisms, and Frontiers in Microbiology. The number of publications in each venue reflects ongoing contributions to these journals.

Among recent published papers are:

  • Current Insights Regarding the Role of Farm Animals in the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance from a One Health Perspective (2022) in Veterinary Sciences
  • Identification of mobile colistin resistance genes (mcr-1.1, mcr-5 and mcr-8.1) in Enterobacteriaceae and Alcaligenes faecalis of human and animal origin, Nigeria (2020) in International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Concurrent Resistance to Carbapenem and Colistin Among Enterobacteriaceae Recovered From Human and Animal Sources in Nigeria Is Associated With Multiple Genetic Mechanisms (2021) in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • One Health: a multifaceted concept combining diverse approaches to prevent and control antimicrobial resistance (2020) in Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Prevalence and Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus Associated with Meat and Meat Products in African Countries: A Review (2021) in Antibiotics

Patrick Butaye has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. Notable among them are Filip Boyen, Evelyn Madoroba, Marc Stegger, Arshnee Moodley, and Kudakwashe Magwedere, reflecting ongoing cooperative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Antimicrobial Growth Promoters Used in Animal Feed: Effects of Less Well Known Antibiotics on Gram-Positive Bacteria

    Patrick Butaye;Luc A. Devriese;Freddy Haesebrouck

  • Staphylococcus aureus CC398: Host Adaptation and Emergence of Methicillin Resistance in Livestock

    Lance B. Price;Marc Stegger;Henrik Hasman;Maliha Aziz

  • Antimicrobial resistance in the food chain: a review.

    Claire Verraes;Sigrid Van Boxstael;Eva Van Meervenne;Els Van Coillie

  • Identification of a novel plasmid-mediated colistin-resistance gene, mcr-2, in Escherichia coli, Belgium, June 2016.

    Basil Britto Xavier;Christine Lammens;Rohit Ruhal;Samir Kumar-Singh

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 associated with clinical and subclinical mastitis in Belgian cows.

    Wannes Vanderhaeghen;Tineke Cerpentier;Connie Adriaensen;Jo Vicca

  • Diversity of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases and Class C β-Lactamases among Cloacal Escherichia coli Isolates in Belgian Broiler Farms

    Annemieke Smet;An Martel;Davy Persoons;Jeroen Dewulf

  • Broad-spectrum β-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae of animal origin: molecular aspects, mobility and impact on public health

    Annemieke Smet;An Martel;Davy Persoons;Jeroen Dewulf

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in food production animals.

    Wannes Vanderhaeghen;Katleen Hermans;Freddy Haesebrouck;Patrick Butaye

  • Prophylactic and metaphylactic antimicrobial use in Belgian fattening pig herds.

    Bénédicte Callens;Davy Persoons;Dominiek Maes;Maria Laanen

  • Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among bacterial pathogens isolated from cattle in different European countries : 2002-2004

    Rene S Hendriksen;Dik J Mevius;Andreas Schroeter;Christopher Teale

  • Differences in antibiotic resistance patterns of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from farm and pet animals.

    Patrick Butaye;Luc A. Devriese;Freddy Haesebrouck

  • Salmonella resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins: prevalence and epidemiology.

    Guillaume Arlet;Timothy J. Barrett;Patrick Butaye;Axel Cloeckaert

  • Application of tRNA Intergenic Spacer PCR for Identification of Enterococcus Species

    Margo Baele;Paul Baele;Mario Vaneechoutte;Virginie Storms

  • Clonal Emergence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (CTX-M-2)-Producing Salmonella enterica Serovar Virchow Isolates with Reduced Susceptibilities to Ciprofloxacin among Poultry and Humans in Belgium and France (2000 to 2003)

    Sophie Bertrand;François-Xavier Weill;Axel Cloeckaert;Martine Vrints

  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Swine Farm Personnel, Belgium

    Olivier Denis;Carl Suetens;Marie Hallin;Boudewijn Catry

  • Colistin resistance gene mcr-1 harboured on a multidrug resistant plasmid

    Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar;Basil Britto Xavier;Anupam J Das;Christine Lammens

  • The clonal spread of multidrug-resistant non-typhi Salmonella serotypes.

    Patrick Butaye;Geovana B. Michael;Stefan Schwarz;Timothy J. Barrett

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in poultry.

    Davy Persoons;Sebastiaan Van Hoorebeke;Katleen Hermans;Patrick Butaye

  • Mobile genes coding for efflux-mediated antimicrobial resistance in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

    Patrick Butaye;Axel Cloeckaert;Stefan Schwarz

  • Nonhuman Reservoirs of Enterococci

    Frank M. Aarestrup;Patrick Butaye;Wolfgang Witte

  • Dissemination of an Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase blaTEM-52 Gene-Carrying IncI1 Plasmid in Various Salmonella enterica Serovars Isolated from Poultry and Humans in Belgium and France between 2001 and 2005

    Axel Cloeckaert;Karine Praud;Benoît Doublet;Alessia Bertini

  • Diversity of extended-spectrum-β-lactamases and class C β-lactamases among

    Annemieke Smet;An Martel;Davy Persoons;Jeroen Dewulf

Frequent Co-Authors

Freddy Haesebrouck
Freddy Haesebrouck Ghent University
Jeroen Dewulf
Jeroen Dewulf Ghent University
Marc Heyndrickx
Marc Heyndrickx Ghent University
An Martel
An Martel Ghent University
Luc Devriese
Luc Devriese Ghent University
Lieve Herman
Lieve Herman Flemish Community
Dominiek Maes
Dominiek Maes Ghent University
Axel Cloeckaert
Axel Cloeckaert INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Olivier Denis
Olivier Denis Université Libre de Bruxelles

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