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The AMR Dilemma: Part 2 – The impact
Features, Livestock

The AMR Dilemma: Part 2 – The impact

Finding the missing pieces to the puzzle of antimicrobial resistance

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Although accurate statistics are difficult to tabulate, over two million people in North America become infected with bacteria resistant to antibiotics annually. At least 23,000 people die as a direct result of these infections. Virtually, all significant bacterial infections in the world are becoming resistant to the antibiotic treatment of choice. Health authorities in North […] Read more
(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Reuters

U.K. review calls for urgent cuts to antibiotic use in livestock

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London | Reuters –– Massive use of antibiotics in farming poses a critical threat to global public health and should be reduced dramatically to an internationally-agreed target, according to a British government-commissioned review. Agreeing and implementing a global target for agricultural antibiotic use won’t be easy, the review, led by former Goldman Sachs chief economist […] Read more
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Features, Livestock

The AMR dilemma: Part 1

Searching for ways to move forward on antimicrobial resistance

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No issue in the past 15 years logged more space in agriculture, veterinary or public health-related press than antimicrobial resistance (AMR). No single topic appears more often on conference and seminar agendas than the one addressing prudent use and abuse of antimicrobials in humans and animals. Despite the attention AMR has received, we have not […] Read more
Conjugation, and what it means for antimicrobial resistance in livestock
Beef Cattle, Research

Conjugation, and what it means for antimicrobial resistance in livestock

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The federal government’s CIPARS program studies E. coli in healthy cattle entering packing plants and in retail ground beef. Its surveillance shows that resistance to antimicrobials of the highest importance in human health continues to be very rare in these samples, and multi-drug-resistant bacteria are even less common. The risk of consumers being exposed to […] Read more
Dr. Karen Liljebjelke and Dr. Krishna Datt Bhatt.
Beef Cattle, Features

Tracking resistance to drugs in cattle bugs

It’s on the increase

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The warning sign went up as results came in from two Alberta projects exploring the susceptibility of bacteria involved in bovine respiratory disease (BRD) to available antimicrobials. Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) administered the year-long project testing for antimicrobial resistance in feedlot cattle in order to develop an in-province screening tool. The project involved several industry, […] Read more
Adverse reactions to vaccines and drugs in cattle
Beef Cattle, Features

Adverse reactions to vaccines and drugs in cattle

Allergic reactions 
can range from hives 
to itching or swelling 
to systemic shock 
leading to fluid 
in the lungs and 
sudden death

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Occasionally cattle experience a reaction to vaccine or medication (injected, applied topically or given orally). An allergic reaction can be mild and local (swelling at the injection site after vaccination) or serious and fatal — if the animal goes into anaphylactic shock. Many of the things we administer are foreign to the animal’s body, and […] Read more
A new decision tree for veterinarians
Features, Livestock, Vet advice

A new decision tree for veterinarians

The latest tool for fighting antibiotic resistance

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Very recently the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association along with several partners came up with a Therapeutic Decision Cascade for Animal and Public Safety. This is a great tool for reminding all of us how to properly select drugs for any species we are treating. By considering that all we want is to look after the […] Read more

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