Guidelines for prudent use of antimicrobials and their implications on antibiotic usage in veterinary medicine
Abstract
Antibiotics are still deemed necessary for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases in farm animals intended for food production and to protect public health from food-borne diseases. All antibiotics used in veterinary medicine are the same or closely related to antibacterials used in human medicine or may induce cross-resistance. Consumption figures of antibiotics in the European Union (EU) indicate an about 10-fold higher number of treatment days in human medicine when compared to veterinary usage with tetracyclines being the most frequently used group. However, the conditions of antibiotic use in farm animals, mainly in swine and poultry by oral treatment of a large number of animals for prolonged periods of time and risk of underdosing might favour the selection of bacterial resistance. In order to reduce the use of antibiotics and thus to minimize the development of resistance in veterinary medicine, compulsory guidelines for prudent use of antibacterials in animals were published in Germany in December 2000. These guidelines describe the minimum requirements to be followed by veterinarians when administering antibiotics to animals. Key elements of the guidelines are the use of antibiotics on the basis of an exa...Continue Reading
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