Antibiotic Resistance & Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Veterinary Medicine
Federation of Veterinarians of Europe

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Recent Trends in Antiobiotic Resistance Research:
An Anthology of Abstracts:

1. A tandem duplication in the ermC translational attenuator of the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance plasmid pSES6 from Staphylococcus equorum

2. Macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance in Staphylococcus lentus results from the integration of part of a transposon into a small plasmid

3. Molecular analysis of naturally occurring ermC-encoding plasmids in staphylococci isolated from animals with and without previous contact with macrolide/lincosamide antibiotics

4. Resistance to macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins in staphylococci from humans and animals

5. Molecular analysis of the macrolide-lincosamide resistance gene region of a novel plasmid from Staphylococcus hyicus

6. Host range of the ermF rRNA methylase gene in human and animal bacteria

7. Structural alterations in the translational attenuator of constitutively expressed ermC genes

8. Integration of pT181-like tetracycline resistance plasmids into large staphylococcal plasmids Involves IS257

9. A novel plasmid from Staphylococcus epidermidis specifying resistance to kanamycin, neomycin and tetracycline

10. Tetracycline resistance in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Dublin

11. Plasmid-encoded tetracycline resistance in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovars Choleraesuis and Typhimurium: identification of complete and truncated Tn1721 elements

12. Tn5706, a transposon-like element from Pasteurella multocida mediating tetracycline resistance

13. Tetracycline resistance in Staphylococcus spp. from domestic animals

14. Resistances to tetracyclines, macrolides and chloramphenicol in staphylococci of animal origin

15. Resistances to protein biosynthesis inhibitors in staphylococci: resistance genes and their spread

16. Aspects of bacterial resistance to antimicrobials used in veterinary dermatological practice

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PRINCIPLES FOR THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMALS USED IN FOOD PRODUCTION

Jan 12, 2000
Peter Collignon

Summary of recommendations

1. Antibiotics that are "critical" antibiotics for serious human infections should not be used in food production animals or agriculture.

2. The use of antibiotics for prophylactic purposes in animals should be kept to a minimum. The overall current usage for this purpose should be significantly reduced. The use of methods (other than antibiotics) to prevent infections should be expanded and developed.

3. Antibiotics should not be used as growth promoters.

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