G20: agreement for the responsible use of antibiotics in animals
The Ministers of Agriculture of the G20 reached several agreements regarding the use of antibiotics in animals for the production of food.
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Antimicrobial resistance: Commission launches public consultation on new Action Plan
The Commission launches a public consultation on possible activities to include in the new "One Health" Action Plan against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) it plans to adopt by summer 2017.
EMA - EFSA joint opinion on EU measures to reduce antimicrobials use in animals
Reducing the use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, replacing them where possible and re-thinking the livestock production system is essential for the future of animal and public health.
USA: increase in sales and distribution of all antimicrobials for use in food-producing animals
The report shows that sales and distribution of all antimicrobials increased 1 percent from 2014 through 2015, tying for the lowest annual increase since 2009.
FDA: efforts to address antimicrobial resistance
The implementation of GFI #213 is a significant milestone in national efforts to address the use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals.
UK food and farming industry triples support for collaborative action on antibiotics
Funding for the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance has more than tripled this year in support of a new business plan which will help UK farming play its part in the global drive to reduce antibiotic use across animal and human medicine.
US pig farmers very aware of and complying with new antibiotic rules
One of the key changes to the new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules is that medically important antibiotics could no longer be used for growth promotion.
Removal of doxycycline during long-term liquid pig manure and digestate storage
The results confirm that a full removal capacity for doxycycline cannot be reached through the long-term storage of farm fertilizers.
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae recovered from the environment of a swine farrow-to-finish operation
Of 30 environmental samples collected from a nursery room on our initial visit, 2 (7%) samples yielded 3 isolates: 2 ST 218 Escherichia coli and 1 Proteus mirabilis, carrying the metallo-β-lactamase gene blaIMP-27 on IncQ1 plasmids.
Protecting pigs with microbes
How can we expect our livestock to acquire a healthy microbiome when there is such limited exposure to the microbes that they evolved with?
France : target figure for the Ecoantibio Plan has nearly been reached
The target figure for the Ecoantibio Plan has nearly been reached with a drop of 20.1% in the exposure of animals to antibiotics (all families) over the past 4 years (2012-2015 inclusive).
FDA Releases 2014 NARMS
The report focuses on major foodborne bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics that are considered important to human medicine, and on multidrug resistant organisms.
UK on track to cut antibiotic use in animals
New report shows sales of antibiotics for use in animals dropped to 56mg/kg in 2015. Total sales of antibiotics for use in animals in the UK fell by 9% in 2015.
OIE Strategy tackles the threat of Antimicrobial Resistance in animals
The OIE publishes its Strategy on Antimicrobial Resistance and the Prudent Use of Antimicrobials to tackle the antimicrobial resistance threat.
Further reduction in antimicrobial use in Danish animals
Antimicrobial consumption in pigs - when measured in doses and adjusted for the number of pigs produced per year - was 22% lower in 2015 than in 2009.
FAO : Giant research leap is needed to rein in farm-driven antimicrobial resistance
While cautious about how much remains unknown, the authors - experts form the Royal Veterinary College in London and FAO experts led by Juan Lubroth - highlight compelling evidence of the scale of the threat.