Lucy A. Brunton

Oct 10, 2023 | bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Pablo C. Alarcon |Jacqueline M Cardwell |Lucy A. Brunton |Camilla Strang

INTRODUCTION Collection of data on antibiotic usage (ABU) in the dairy industry allows for the monitoring of patterns and trends in consumption and antibiotic resistance (ABR), facilitates risk assessment of ABR through targeted surveillance, allows evaluation of control measures and facilitates integrated analysis of the occurrence of shared antibiotic-resistant bacteria in dairy animals and the human population.1 In the UK, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) currently relies on...