Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant risk to both human and animal health, and the inappropriate use of antimicrobial drugs provides a strong selection pressure for its development. Rationalising and optimising their use in veterinary medicine is imperative. Antimicrobial stewardship is a key strategy used to limit the development of resistance, as it provides for careful and responsible management of antimicrobial drugs. It could form an integral part of a veterinary practice's policyon antimicrobial use. Development of an antimicrobial stewardship plan requires detailed knowledge of antimicrobial drugs, infectious agents, and their likely resistance patterns, plus close collaboration with a microbiology service, and it can be informed by an antibiogram. This article discusses AMR, antibiosis and antimicrobial stewardship programmes.
antimicrobialresistancestewardshipantibiogram
Bryn Tennant
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Capital Diagnostics, SAC Consulting Veterinary Services, SRUC, Penicuik
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