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Vets and antimicrobial resistance
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.j32
Subject(s) - seriousness , government (linguistics) , session (web analytics) , antimicrobial , resistance (ecology) , antibiotic resistance , inclusion (mineral) , livestock , political science , medicine , business , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , law , sociology , social science , advertising , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , antibiotics
The inclusion of antimicrobial resistance on the agendas of the United Nations, G8, G20 and other major organisations reflects the seriousness of the threat it poses. A session at the BVA Congress during the London Vet Show in November provided an opportunity to examine how the UK Government, vets and the livestock industry are all responding to the challenges of reducing use and maintaining the effectiveness of existing antimicrobials. Kathryn Clark reports