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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...