Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference 2018
| Project start date: | 15 June 2018 |
| Project end date: | 30 June 2018 |
| Publication date: | 30 June 2018 |
| Project status: | Completed |
| Livestock species: | Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle |
Summary
Objective:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) risks associated with red meat producing species are known and management plans exceed the standards of our trading partners.
AMR in Australian beef cattle
Antimicrobial agents are used in cattle production systems for the prevention and control of bacterial associated diseases. Bacteria that are resistant to antimicrobials are of increased concern to public health officials throughout the world as they may compromise the ability of treatment regimens to address disease and infection in humans. This study attempted to further understand the basis of AMR inEnterococcus faeciumandEnterococcus faecalis arising from project G.MFS.0285. The results of the AMR investigation confirmed that high levels of resistance to antimicrobials that are not critically or highly important to human medicine with resistance to flavomycin (80.2%) and lincomycin (85.4 – 94.2%) are routinely observed. Conversely, resistance to antibiotics considered critically or highly important to human medicine such as tigecycline, daptomycin, vancomycin and linezolid were not present in this study. The latter conclusion was formed only after the initial phenotypic test results (see G.MFS.0285) were shown to contain major errors with respect to daptomycin and tigecycline. These data corroborate previous studies of AMR inE. coliandSalmonellathat demonstrate there is minimal evidence that Australian cattle production practices are responsible for disproportionate contributions to AMR development and in general, resistance to antimicrobials of critical and high importance in human medicine was low.
AMR in Ovine faeces at slaughter
this project is due to be completed in April 2019
Antimicrobial stewardship conference
The Australian Veterinary Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference 2018 was held on 11-13 November, 2018 at Twin Waters, Queensland. It was attended by 167 registrants, of whom 7% identified as suppliers, 29% as animal health and 26% animal industry affiliations. There were a total of 28 Oral presentations, 14 poster presentations and 12 invited presenters, including speakers representing the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), from Denmark, Canada and the United Kingdom. The meeting was opened jointly by the Australian Chief Medical Officer and the Australian Chief Veterinary Officer. 73% of survey responders rated the conference as ‘excellent’.
