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A One Health Approach to Antibacterial Efficacy in Animal Health

Antibacterial therapy remains the single most effective intervention in the treatment of specific diseases in animals and is an essential tool for protecting animal welfare. While preventative measures including vaccination are foundational in managing diseases and minimizing antibacterial use in livestock, antibacterial therapy is necessary for those situations where preventative measures fail to provide sufficient coverage. The One Health concept which integrates medical, veterinary and environmental health into a single approach provides a...

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Administration of drugs to animals – necessity of group treatments

Veterinary medicine has to deal with many different species. Furthermore, in case of food producing animals the group / herd / whole flock conditions has to be taken into consideration. The appropriate administration route for treatment depends on the specific case and can vary by illness, severity of illness, selected drug, age or condition of the animals, species of the animal, type of housing and other factors. Especially in poultry, swine and aquaculture group treatment via oral routes including antibiotics are indispensable in situations...

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Macrolides in the context of critically important antimicrobials

Expert factsheet

The use of 3rd and 4th generation cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones in Food-Producing Animals

Expert factsheet

Vaccination Myths

Filling the void between vaccination fact and fiction

Vaccination has resulted in human survival rates rising dramatically in the 20th century, surpassed in impact only by the increased availability of clean drinking water.Read more about this and other myth-busting facts about vaccination for animals in this Vaccination Myths paper.

HealthforAnimals News - issue nr. 6 - September 2016

The latest news from the global animal medicines association, HealthforAnimals: View online version

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Global Vision for Regulation of Veterinary Medicines

HealthforAnimals promotes a 2025 Vision for Regulation of Veterinary Medicines across the world.

The vision sees efficient regulatory systems that result in harmonised, science-based decisions in predictable time frames, resulting in the wide availability of safe and effective veterinary medicines.

This paper sets out a ten point plan supporting the vision.

HealthforAnimals News - issue nr. 5 - July 2016

The latest news from the global animal medicines association, HealthforAnimals: View online version

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Position paper: Antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in agriculture

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public and animal health issue that needs careful stewardship. Together with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the FAO has actively participated in the development of the WHO Global AMR Action Plan. This plan provides a holistic approach to combating AMR.One of the more important features in the plan is the call to countries to develop and implement their own national plans, which many have already done. The plan states that individual countries are responsible for deciding how to meet...

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Global Benchmarking Survey 2015 Report

Since 1996 HealthforAnimals has been reviewing and benchmarking the status of the different regional regulatory frameworks for veterinary medicines, the impacts these have on the industry, and the practices and impacts of the regulatory processes. The Global Benchmarking Survey (GBS) 2015 focuses on animal health and veterinary products in the following sectors: pharmaceuticals, in-feed medicinals, biologicals and pesticide-based products. It does not consider nutritional products, feed additives that are not regulated as therapeutics, or...

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