In the field of veterinary public health, the fight against antimicrobial resistance continues. Following an initial five-year national plan (2012–2016), the second plan has jus...
04/20/2017Antimicrobial resistance
The European Commission has shortlisted eight nominees for the 2016 “Health” Award*, including the National Council of the Veterinary Order (CNOV) and the Federation of Veterina...
11/21/2016In its new report on colistin*, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) recommends not classifying this molecule as a critically impor...
10/26/2016By 2050, antimicrobial resistance could claim more lives worldwide than cancer and cost up to 90, 000 billion euros in lost production. At least, that is the fear of the United...
09/26/2016The Ministry of Agriculture has just launched a broad-based awareness campaign aimed at livestock farmers and veterinarians to encourage disease prevention through the vaccinati...
09/15/2016As part of its strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance, the European Commission published a Eurobarometer* survey on June 16, 2016, showing a 6% decrease in antibiotic use i...
06/17/2016