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OIE calls for prudent antibiotics use in animals

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Prevention of AMR in farming is critical to human health, food safety, food security, animal health and animal welfare, warns the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

Posted on Nov 04 ,08:00

OIE calls for prudent antibiotics use in animals

More than 500 people from the OIE’s 182 member countries attended to OIE's second Global Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Prudent Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Animals in Morocco, including those from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Bank, and the United Nations Interagency Coordination Group on AMR.
Antimicrobials are used around the world to control and treat infections in animals and humans, but their overuse and misuse put their efficacy at risk. Unprecedented movements of people, animals, goods and food worldwide, enable resistant pathogens to populate the planet with ease.
The agenda of the conference was focused on topics such as the need for cross-sector, national level coordination through national action plans to prevent the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance, informs Drovers magazine.
“It is only by promoting the responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials that their efficacy can be safeguarded, ensuring that essential medicines that protect both human and animal health can continue to be used,” said Dr Monique Eloit, Director General of OIE. “We have made important progress in this mission today. International Standards on prudent use already exist. We now need to put them into practice at a national level to tackle AMR. For this, international collaboration is essential. By working together, countries can discuss challenges, share best practice and make global improvements.”

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