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New animal industries antimicrobial stewardship website
THE animal industries research, development and extension strategy now has a home.
Access to antimicrobials are an important part of maintaining this responsi- bility, however they must be used without detriment to human, animal or plant health.
Historical Australian initiatives have resulted in very low levels of AMR bacteria from food animals, however, further progress is needed to en- sure this situation remains and Australian industries are afforded relevant op- portunities to capitalise on this status.
report and the establish- ment of the Australian Veterinary Antimicrobial Stewardship conference in November 2018.
comparatively low inter- nationally.
• Managing the risk of having to replace effective antimicrobials with less effective antimicrobials.
“However, there is more that can be done to cap- ture current efforts and clarify areas that require further progress.
The launch of the new Animal Industries Anti- microbial Stewardship RD&E Strategy website represents five years of work on behalf of Aus- tralian livestock indus- tries, with the aim to understand and improve veterinary antimicrobial stewardship and share knowledge and ideas.
Use of antimicrobials may result in the devel- opment of antimicrobial resistant bacteria, which subsequently reduces the efficacy of antimicrobials to treat infection.
The Australian red meat, dairy, pork and poultry industries have formed strong links to share in- formation, opportunities and experiences related to progressing AMS in Aus- tralian animal industries.
Since that conference, there has been discussion on how to better collabo- rate on AMS research, de- velopment and extension activities of mutual inter- est and benefit.
The AIAS has been de- veloped primarily to meet the needs of Australia’s food animal industries but will also benefit the im- plementation of Austral- ia’s National AMR Strat- egy 2 and the Australian Animal Sector National Antimicrobial Resistance Plan 3.
This strategy sets out the framework and how it was used to identify prior- ity AMU and AMR R&D and how those outputs feed up through the logic to enhance AMS, through extension.
“All animal sectors have the dual responsibilities of minimising the develop- ment of antimicrobial re- sistance, while upholding our collective responsibil- ity to ensure high stand- ards of animal health and welfare are maintained.
In Australia, the animal industries are responsi- ble for maintaining the health, welfare and pro- ductivity of the livestock in their care and ensuring safe food products for hu- man consumption.
The development of AMR is a threat to man- aging infections in ani- mals and humans, how- ever access to the current range of antimicrobials needs to be preserved so that treatments remain available for injured or ill people and animals.
To this end, the Animal Industry Antimicrobial Stewardship Research, Development and Exten- sion Strategy has been produced.
The Australian Vet- erinary Association, the Australian Government Department of Agricul- ture, and AMR manage- ment experts were also consulted during the de- velopment of the strategy to ensure the AIAS fit within national and in- ternational AMR man- agement initiatives and linked to biosecurity ini- tiatives that impact AMU.
Formalised under the AIAS RD&E Strategy, the website is self-sustain- able with contributions through the Australian Veterinary Antimicrobial Stewardship conference, which will be held at the Intercontinental Sanctu- ary Cove, Gold Coast in Queensland from Novem- ber 21-23, 2021.
“While the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted global focus to human health, we must contin- ue to focus on making improvements in animal health to minimise the potential risks to animal and human health, such as AMR.
They recently collabo- rated on the preparation of the Antimicrobial Stewardship in Austral- ian Livestock Industries
This strategy is focussed on prioritising RD&E that enhances AMS activities, rather than a sole focus on reduction in AMR or AMU, which are already
Australian Chicken Meat Federation deputy executive director and chair of the organising committee for AVAMS21 Dr Kylie Hewson said, “This conference will provide those who man- age animal health in all sectors the opportuni- ty to contribute to, and learn about, the growing number of antimicrobial stewardship initiatives un- derway in Australia and develop collaborative op- portunities to strengthen these initiatives and ad- dress barriers that impede further progress in anti- microbial stewardship.”
“The efficacy of anti- microbials to treat human bacterial infections, which are a common complica- tion of respiratory diseas- es such as those caused by COVID-19, is now more important than it has been in a generation.
The Animal Industries Antimicrobial Stewardship research, development and extension strategy website launched in March 2021.
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For more information, visit aiasrdestrategy.com. au
Accordingly, the AIAS aims to create a collabo- rative mechanism for ani- mal industries to identify common RD&E priorities for the effective monitor- ing of AMU and surveil- lance of AMR to inform stewardship actions that meet Australia’s animal health and market access needs, without impact- ing food safety or human health.
“We must ensure the animal sector is doing all it can to use antimicrobi- als responsibly to manage animal health and wel- fare while minimising its contribution to the AMR burden.
Through this strategy, animal industries could maintain access to anti- microbials provided their use was:
“Australian approaches to the appropriate use of antimicrobials in animals have always had their ba- sis in the principles of antimicrobial steward- ship and lead the world in many of these initiatives,” Dr Hewson said.
“I look forward to wel- coming you to the Gold Coast in 2021, where there will be plenty of oppor- tunity to expand profes- sional networks and hope- fully leave the conference with a resolve to action changes in your sector.”
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