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Hello good people, if you are new here my name is Sam and I am an aspiring veterinary student who received 3 offers last year but missed the grades so am going for it all over again in the hope of getting in this time. Enough about me, I hope you have all had an amazing week sorry I didn't post on Thursday I flew back from Newcastle and got home at gone midnight and fell into bed so writing a blog was off the cards. I hope you like this post I know it's short but think of it this way it makes it less painful for you, not having to read as much of my terrible writing style as normal.
On with the blog. So this week in the news there was a story about how at the Responsible Use of Medicine in Agriculture conference held in on the 27th set some reducing, refining and replacing targets for 8 different livestock sectors; beef, dairy, eggs, fish, gamebird, pig, poultry meat and sheep. These targets have been welcomed by the BVA as antimicrobial resistance is one of the top issues facing vets today. The targets set by the RUMA conference are all evidence based and this allows for the targets and benchmarks set to be achievable and perfect for each of the 8 sectors.
I think that this is such an important thing to happen, antimicrobial resistance is such a major threat to the veterinary profession in the present day and the fact that it is in the forefront of the news helps to educate all vets and owners alike, because if owners learn to ask the right questions when it comes to giving their pets or livestock a course of antibiotics then maybe the vet might not carry on with the course or offer another treatment. Vets are being educated on this matter so much more now as well because it is such a major issue, the whole issue causes health and welfare issues in all animals. Almost half of UK vets have said that this issue is the top health and welfare issue vets face today. The British Veterinary Association Senior Vice President Gudrun Ravetz said that
“Antimicrobial resistance impacts upon the entire veterinary profession and all species. To reduce the risk of incentivising irresponsible use, BVA maintains that targets should use more than one appropriate metric wherever possible.
“We must remember that sector-specific targets are just one piece of the jigsaw when it comes to tackling the global threat of antimicrobial resistance. Continued collaboration between human and animal health sectors, underpinned by a commitment from each of us within the veterinary profession to maintain the highest standards of stewardship in using antibiotics, most especially Critically Important Antibiotics, is key to ensuring that we can preserve these essential medicines for future generations.”
This is so true we may be facing this issue today and applying preventative coping techniques, but all of these techniques are helping future generations of vets out ten fold because if we weren't tackling this problem today and just sat here waiting for the antimicrobial resistant superbug to arrive then it would be too late and things could escalate very quickly.
Thank you very much for reading I know it's short and not super interesting but it's a really important matter, most livestock that we consume can contain antibiotics and that simply leads to bioaccumulation and the increased risk of antimicrobial resistant strains of bacteria coming into existence. I hope you enjoyed reading this, if you did please make sure to come back next week. I hope you all have an amazing week, remember smile and count your blessings.
On with the blog. So this week in the news there was a story about how at the Responsible Use of Medicine in Agriculture conference held in on the 27th set some reducing, refining and replacing targets for 8 different livestock sectors; beef, dairy, eggs, fish, gamebird, pig, poultry meat and sheep. These targets have been welcomed by the BVA as antimicrobial resistance is one of the top issues facing vets today. The targets set by the RUMA conference are all evidence based and this allows for the targets and benchmarks set to be achievable and perfect for each of the 8 sectors.
I think that this is such an important thing to happen, antimicrobial resistance is such a major threat to the veterinary profession in the present day and the fact that it is in the forefront of the news helps to educate all vets and owners alike, because if owners learn to ask the right questions when it comes to giving their pets or livestock a course of antibiotics then maybe the vet might not carry on with the course or offer another treatment. Vets are being educated on this matter so much more now as well because it is such a major issue, the whole issue causes health and welfare issues in all animals. Almost half of UK vets have said that this issue is the top health and welfare issue vets face today. The British Veterinary Association Senior Vice President Gudrun Ravetz said that
“Antimicrobial resistance impacts upon the entire veterinary profession and all species. To reduce the risk of incentivising irresponsible use, BVA maintains that targets should use more than one appropriate metric wherever possible.
“We must remember that sector-specific targets are just one piece of the jigsaw when it comes to tackling the global threat of antimicrobial resistance. Continued collaboration between human and animal health sectors, underpinned by a commitment from each of us within the veterinary profession to maintain the highest standards of stewardship in using antibiotics, most especially Critically Important Antibiotics, is key to ensuring that we can preserve these essential medicines for future generations.”
This is so true we may be facing this issue today and applying preventative coping techniques, but all of these techniques are helping future generations of vets out ten fold because if we weren't tackling this problem today and just sat here waiting for the antimicrobial resistant superbug to arrive then it would be too late and things could escalate very quickly.
Thank you very much for reading I know it's short and not super interesting but it's a really important matter, most livestock that we consume can contain antibiotics and that simply leads to bioaccumulation and the increased risk of antimicrobial resistant strains of bacteria coming into existence. I hope you enjoyed reading this, if you did please make sure to come back next week. I hope you all have an amazing week, remember smile and count your blessings.
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