This week is one that celebrates each year’s discoveries and updates on antibiotic use. Animal health pros are at the front of proper antibiotic use and education. 2017 is the third year that World Antibiotic Awareness Week is taking place, focusing on human health care, agriculture and the environment, and is part of the WHO global action plan, “Antibiotics: handle with care.”
Source: Watt AgNet, October, 24, 2017.
No matter how strict rules may be, if not monitored or properly implemented, they will have little effect. What is essential is education to ensure that prescribers and users better understand how antibiotics should be used. Change is needed at grassroots level, and, in some cases, this may mean greater access to and use of antibiotics.
INSIGHTS: This week, let’s each engage in a minimum of three conversations about how our industry is supporting the proper use of and reducing antibiotic dependency. Our families, friends, local suppliers and even restaurant personnel need to know we are part of the solution.