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Zoonotic bacterial pathogens: antimicrobial resistance turns repeated animal exposure into a One Health threat
Zoonotic bacterial diseases cannot be understood simply as isolated spillover events from animals to humans.
A study has ranked the antimicrobial-resistant organisms considered most important at the human–companion animal interface
A Tennessee study place methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) first and ESBL-producing Escherichia coli second.
Dogs and cats carry globally circulating multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae lineages also found in humans
A global genomic analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae from dogs and cats has identified extensive overlap with bacterial lineages circulating in people, including several high-risk...
Equine Dentistry: Toward Non-Routine, Tailored Antibiotic Therapy
In equine dentistry, the administration of antibiotics has become a “comfort measure.” They are prescribed, in particular, in the context of a tooth extraction, sometimes with n...
Antimicrobial Resistance: Alarming Rates of Resistant E. coli Detected in Cats and Dogs in Germany
A large-scale German study on antimicrobial resistance focused on Escherichia coli resistance to third-generation cephalosporins (cefovecin in veterinary medicine) in dogs and c...
Antibiotic Resistance: For the Sake of Your Health, Be Sure to Take Good Care of Your Pets, Too!
About half of all French people own a pet . Contact between humans and their pets is often close and frequent. While certain infectious risks at the human-animal interface are w...
Transmission of Antimicrobial Resistance to Humans: Which Bacteria Should Be Monitored in Animals?
Bacterial antibiotic resistance, or “antimicrobial resistance,” has become a major cause for concern. According to a British report cited by the World Health Organization (WHO),...
Antibiotics: “Antimicrobial resistance is a silent pandemic”
Since their discovery in the early 20th century, antibiotics have transformed medicine—both human and veterinary—by helping to curb many bacterial diseases. But their use has be...
The key to ending the threat of superbugs lies in improving animal welfare in livestock farming
By Sandrine Ceurstemont Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to human and animal health. Researchers in Europe and around the world are exploring new approaches to address...
Raw dog food contaminated with resistant bacteria
New studies on dog food sold throughout Europe have revealed the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in raw products, including superbugs found in hospitalized patients. T...
Reducing the Use of Antibiotics to Treat Diarrhea in Calves
On dairy farms, one of the main uses of antimicrobials is to treat calves for diarrhea and prevent fatal bacteremia. Researchers are proposing a new multifactorial approach to r...
Antimicrobial Resistance: High Rates of Resistant Bacteria Found Among Veterinarians
Veterinary clinic staff are believed to carry twice as many bacteria with antibiotic resistance, particularly those that cause the most common infections in healthcare facilitie...
Antimicrobial resistance: an indicator of humanity’s growing ecological footprint
Antimicrobial resistance is a global problem that affects not only humans but also animals and the environment. In an effort to better understand the dynamics at play, researche...
Antibiotic Resistance in Animals: What Are the Risks and Consequences?
Antibiotic resistance knows no borders. It is a phenomenon that affects human health, but also impacts animal health and the environment. It is therefore important to combat ant...
Antimicrobial resistance continues to spread
Antibiotic resistance appears to be spreading more rapidly than expected among human and animal pathogenic bacteria. Significant genetic transfer between bacteria in our ecosyst...
Are Dogs a Source of Antimicrobial Resistance?
The emergence and spread of bacterial strains that are multidrug-resistant to antibiotics is a major health problem for both humans and animals. Questions have been raised about...
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Report Calls for Urgent Action to Prevent a Global Crisis
OMS FAO et OIE tirent la sonnette d’alarme et formulent des recommandations capitales pour intensifier la lutte mondiale contre les infections résistantes aux antimicrobiens
Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Progress in the Responsible Use of Antibiotics in Animals
The third report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reveals a more responsible use of antimicrobials in animals worldwide. The situation has improved, both in...
Better Combating Antimicrobial Resistance Using Data from Animal Health Laboratories
Antimicrobial resistance in pathogenic bacteria is a growing concern for both public health and animal health. In Canada, bacteriological data generated by animal health diagnos...
Backyard poultry farming: the cause of antimicrobial resistance in developing countries
Small-scale broiler chicken farms certainly provide income and access to animal proteins for poor rural populations, but they also have a negative impact on human health—a direc...
Antimicrobial Resistance: Livestock at the Heart of the Strategy Against Resistant E. coli
The spread of resistant bacteria is an issue that affects both human and animal health. New strategies are being developed to better understand—and even control—the rise in case...
Antibiotics in Animal Husbandry: The Efficacy and Safety of Available Alternative Treatments Are Being Evaluated
With the aim of reducing the use of antibiotics in farm animals, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has published an overview of...
Antibiotics: A New Tool for British Veterinarians and Livestock Farmers
The University of Nottingham conducted a survey of 358 dairy farms—representing 7% of the U.K.’s dairy cow herd—to assess the various uses of antibiotics in the dairy industry....
Antibiotics: A New Platform for Data Exchange Between Veterinarians and Government Agencies Is Launched
The Veterinary Council, meeting at its conference in Nancy, has just announced the creation, on November 10, 2017, of the Adelie association, tasked with managing the exchange o...