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Take Action on Antimicrobial Resistance. For Farmers
Antimicrobial or antibiotic resistance is a multi-sectoral global threat affecting human and animal health, food safety, plants, fisheries and the environment as a whole.
Hence, there is a need for a multi-sectoral approach to address AMR. The resulting FAO Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance h...
Antimicrobial Resistance - What is it?
Fact Sheet
Veterinarians are leaders and stewards in preserving the effectiveness of antibiotics for animals and people. Working with animal owners and producers, veterinarians can slow antibiotic resistance by implementing disease prevention strategies and improving the use of antibiotics while also guarante...
A role for nuclear techniques
Antimicrobials play a critical role in the treatment of human and animal (aquatic and terrestrial) diseases, which has led to their widespread application and use. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of microorganisms to stop an antibiotic, such as an antimic...
This document provides additional guidance for the responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, and should be read in conjunction with the Recommended International Code of Practice for Control of the Use of Veterinary Drugs CAC/RCP 38-1993. Its objectives are to minimize...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global public health concern and a food safety issue. When pathogens become resistant to antimicrobial agents they can pose a greater human health risk as a result of potential treatment failure, loss of treatment options and increased likelihood and severi...
This manual will contribute directly to the fourth focus area of the FAO Action Plan by promoting the prevention of infections and the prudent use of antibiotics in the pig and poultry sectors. The pig and poultry sectors are addressed together, as these sectors generally have the highest use of ant...
In recognition of the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), its increasing threat to human, animal and plant health, and the need for a One Health approach to address this issue, the 39th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) agreed it was important for the food safety comm...
Le présent document donne des indications supplémentaires pour un usage responsable et prudent des
antimicrobiens chez les animaux élevés pour l’alimentation humaine. II convient de le lire en conjonction
avec le Code d’usages international recommandé pour le contrôle de l'utilisation de...
Este documento brinda orientación adicional para el uso responsable y prudente de los antimicrobianos en los animales productores de alimentos y debería leerse junto con el Código Internacional Recomendado de Prácticas para la Regulación del Uso de Medicamentos Veterinarios CAC/RCP 38-1993. Su ...
El fenómeno mundial de la Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos (RAM), es actualmente la principal amenaza para la salud pública en el siglo XXI, alcanzando proporciones preocupantes en todas las regiones del mundo. A su vez está poniendo en riesgo la sostenibilidad de los sistemas agroalimentarios y...
This publication describes an arduous campaign to tackle the use of antimicrobials - specifically antibiotics - in the Danish swine-producing sector thanks to the collaboration between the regulatory sector within the Ministry of Environment and Food, private veterinary practitioners and swine produ...
Uso de antimicrobianos en animales de consumo incidencia del desarrollo de resistencias en salúd pública
Educational materials (slide presentations) from FAO covering important biosecurity aspects in poultry farms
Educational materials (slide presentations) from FAO covering important biosecurity aspects in poultry farms.
Educational materials (slide presentations) from FAO covering important biosecurity aspects in poultry farms
Food safety and antimicrobial resistance research: A One Health perspective. Presented at the Emerging Pathogens Institute Seminar Series, Gainesville, Florida, 26 July 2019
BUKO Pharma-Kampagne has investigated the causes and consequences of antibiotic resistance in India, South Africa, Tanzania and Germany. Together with our partners we collected data and did interviews with numerous stakeholders. The outcome is presented in a brochure that is now available in English...
The OIE has been working on the AMR issue for a long
time. In undertaking its role as a standard- setting organisation*
for animal health, including zoonoses, the OIE has developed
a wide range of international standards on antimicrobial
agents, in particular on responsible and prudent use.
The...
