Publications

Sales of Antimicrobial Products Authorised for Use as Veterinary Medicines, Antiprotozoals, Antifungals and Coccidiostats in the UK:

2011 (36 Pages, 250 Kb)
2010 (35 Pages, 264 Kb)
2009 (36 Pages, 196 Kb)
2008 (35 Pages, 360 Kb)
2007 (36 Pages, 285 Kb)
2006 (37 Pages, 240 Kb)
2005 (35 Pages, 428 Kb)
2004 (36 Pages, 907 Kb)
2003 (38 Pages, 930 Kb)
Revised Antimicrobial Growth Promoter Sales Data, 1998 - 2003 (1 Page, 65 Kb)
2002 (30 Pages, 2,356 Kb)
2001 (31 Pages, 874 Kb)
2000 (13 Pages, 39 Kb)
1999 (10 Pages, 27 Kb)
1993-1998 (9 Pages, 25 Kb)

General:

Summary of UK Veterinary Prescribing Pressures Focus Groups

ESBLs - A threat to human and animal health?

VMD Leaflet on Antimicrobials (396 kb)

VMD Code of Practice on the Responsible Use of Medicines on the Farm (390 kb)

Strategy for Developing and Implementing a Programme of Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals in England and Wales (revised July 2008) (144 kb)

Success and Output from the Surveillance Strategy Document as of July 2008 (33 kb)

Overview of Antimicrobial Usage and Bacterial Resistance in Selected Human and Animal Pathogens in the UK 2007 Report (475 kb)

Overview of Antimicrobial Usage and Bacterial Resistance in Selected Human and Animal Pathogens in The UK 2004 Report (611 kb)

Soil Associations letter to the Government raising issues about the use of antibiotics in animals and antibiotic resistance in humans dated 20 December 2006 (519 kb)

Government Response to the Soil Associations letter (168 kb)

Defra response to BBC 1's Real Story programme on the use of antibiotics in animals on 15 August 2005 (24 kb)

European Documents:

European Parliament resolution of 27 October 2011 on the public health treat of antimicrobial resistance

European Medicines Agency (EMA) CVMP strategy on antimicrobials 2011-2015

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Scientific Opinion on the public health risks of bacterial strains producing extended-spectrum ß-lactamases and/or AmpC ß-lactamases in food and food-producing animals1

European Medicines Agency (EMA) report on Trends in the sales of veterinary antimicrobial agents in nine European countries.

World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Tackling antibiotic resistance from a food safety perspective in Europe

International Documents:

Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) Recommendations for future collaboration between the U.S. and EU 2011

CODEX Alimentarius – International Food Standards - Guidelines for Risk Analysis of Foodbourne Antimicrobial Resistance (349 kb)