Advancing Veterinary Education Through the Distributed Veterinary Learning Community (DVLC) at the University of Calgary
Seasonality and Temporal Correlation between Community Antibiotic Use and Resistance in the United States
Authors: Sun, Lova; Klein, Eili Y.; Laxminarayan, Ramanan Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases; September 2012, Vol. 55 Issue: Number 5 p687-687, 1p Background. Therapeutic antibiotic use in humans is a significant
Research Points to Millennia of Antibiotic Resistance in bacteria
Industry News – AM By Lisa M. Keefe, 4/17/2012 Bacteria may have a built-in resistance to antibiotics that can be traced back millions of years, according to research recently published
Netherlands Reports Declining Antibiotics Use in Livestock Farming
Source: Feedstuffs June 25, 2012 The policy objective in the Netherlands of a 20% reduction in the use of antibiotics in the years 2009-11 has been achieved, according to new
Letter to Editor – Re: Editorial, Farm-Grown Superbugs: While the world acts, Canada Dawdles
Dear Canadian Medical Association Journal: Re: Editorial, Farm-grown Superbugs: While the world acts, Canada dawdles The Alberta Veterinary Medical Association (ABVMA) is the professional regulatory organization responsible for the practice
Key Messages from Pharmaceutical Issues Priority Action Team
From: Alberta Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Steering Committee Pharmaceutical Issues Priority Action Team August, 2012 Dear Member: As you probably remember from the last meeting, this Priority Action Team
FDA Final Rule Cephalosporin Use in Food Producing Animals issued
Re: See message below with attached Federal Register and brief statement from Animal Health Institute as attachments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued an order that prohibits certain
FDA Changing Course on antibiotics in livestock
US: FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock 09.jan.12 Los Angeles Times Jill U. Adams http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-antibiotics-agriculture-20120109,0,7336685.story The debate over the drug use in food animals continues as federal regulators tackle
Farmyard drug use a US battlefield and a Canadian Wasteland
June 13, 2012 Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal online, by Paul Christopher Webster The contrast is alarming, experts say. In the United States, judicial decisions and regulatory announcements are becoming
EU to phase out antibiotics for farm animal diseases
The European Parliament has backed the phasing out of antibiotics on farm animals for disease prevention in order to ensure such treatments remain effective for humans. Some farmers are already
Court orders FDA to address antibiotic overuse in livestock
Citing the threats to human health by overuse of antibiotics in animals, a federal judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to start proceedings to withdraw approval for
CIPARS 2010 Antimicrobial Resistance Short Report
The 2010 CIPARS Report on Antimicrobial Resistance.
CIPARS Surveillance Bulletin: Emergence of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Campylobacter in Retail Chicken in BC & Saskatchewan
The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) has identified an emerging trend (>10% prevalence) in ciprofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter isolated from retail chicken in the provinces of British Columbia and