Animal health
Best practice launched to support on-farm
antibiotics • Robust training for livestock producers • Helps to tackle antimicrobial resistance • Also meets farm assurance requirements
n ambitious training programme has been launched to encourage the responsible use of antibiot- ics in farmed livestock. The Animal Medicines Best Practice (AMBP) Programme gives farmers and vets access to new resources, enabling a coor- dinated and consistent approach to farmer training in antibiotics. It was launched by the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) on 17 July.
A Development of the pro-
gramme has been led by NOAH in partnership with stakeholders from across the industry. Partic- ipants include the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance, the Veterinary Medi- cines Directorate, retailers and academics.
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Farmers must be commended for driving down antibiotic use
The Control of Worms Sustaina- bly in cattle group (COWS) has launched a new website to sup- port the work it does to encour- age responsible use of wormers in beef and dairy cattle. The industry-led group came
together in 2010 to provide the best up-to-date, evidence-based information for the sustainable control of gut worms, lung worms,
The goal was to create a ro- bust and trusted training pro- gramme for all those working in the sheep, dairy, beef and pig sec- tors. The programme also aims to raise awareness, knowledge and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Online learning
Training modules for farmers are available via the NOAH website or directly through an online Lan- tra eLearning platform. Vets will also be to access resource mate- rials, enabling them to deliver training to their clients. This vet- erinary resource centre will fol- low soon.
NOAH chair Gaynor Hilli-
er said: “This new collaborative, cross-sector strategy on train- ing will support both farmers and vets, demonstrating that our farmers have the skills to use an- tibiotics responsibly, providing re- assurance to consumers and pol- icy makers.” Ms Hillier said there was a
Praise for farmers
Defra minister Lord Gardiner said: “The UK is at the forefront of global efforts to tackle antibi- otic resistance. Recent statistics show there has been a 27% drop in use of antibiotics in food-pro- ducing animals in the UK since 2014 – meeting a government
UK farmers are at the forefront of global efforts to reduce antibiotics
clear demand from the food sup- ply chain for appropriate train- ing. The programme provid- ed materials that would satisfy both supply chain and farm as- surance requirements, including Red Tractor recommendations.
commitment two years early.” He added: “Our farmers and vets must be commended for driv- ing down antibiotic use in live- stock to this all-time low – setting an excellent example for others around the world to follow. But it is vital we continue making pro- gress. “We welcome this new respon- sible use of antibiotics farmer training programme, which will support the animal medicines in- dustry to take another positive step towards tackling resistance, safeguarding antibiotics for fu- ture generations.”
New website highlights need to control worms sustainably
flukes and ecto-parasites of cattle. The group delivers messag- es at differing technical levels to farmers, vets, advisers, Suitably Qualified Persons (SQPs), veter- inary pharmacists and animal health advisers. The new web- site can be accessed at
www.cat-
tleparasites.org.uk.
COWS spokeswoman Sara Gregson said it had never been
so important for farmers to con- sider carefully how and when they use anthelmintics. “Cattle farm- ers can no longer be complacent about resistance and must take steps to stop it occurring or reduce its spread on their farms.” The website features a valua-
ble ‘Things to do now’ section for beef and dairy farmers – high- lighting the things to watch out
for at key seasons in the year, par- ticularly before turnout, during summer grazing and at housing. Ms Gregson said: “The new, easy to view website is clearly divided into the different para- site categories and offers an ex- tensive library of internal and ex- ternal resources to learn about tackling infestations in a sustain- able way.”
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