Perreten, Vincent (2003). Use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals in Switzerland and in the European Union (EU). Mitteilungen aus Lebensmitteluntersuchung und Hygiene, 94, pp. 155-163. Bundesamt für Gesundheitswesen, Bern
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The intensive and inappropriate use of antibiotics in both medicine and agriculture
has selected for antibiotic resistant bacteria that cause severe problems in
antibiotic therapy. In animal husbandry, antibiotics are used for therapeutic and
preventive treatments of infectious diseases and as growth promoters. In Europe,
many antibiotics used as growth promoters were of the same classes as important
antibiotics used in human medicine. The European Union withdrew the authorization
for the use of the major antimicrobial growth promoters between 1996 and
1999. In 1999 Switzerland decided to ban the use of all antimicrobials as growthpromoting
feed additives. The regulations concerning antibiotic use in animal husbandry
and the chronological reasons for the ban of antimicrobial growth promoters
are described. This ban led to a decrease of the antibiotic volume deployed in
agriculture. This measure helps to reduce the amount of antibiotic resistant bacteria
in food-producing animals. However, the use of medicated feed is still a common
practice to prevent and to remedy bacterial infections and thus still leads to resistant
pathogens. Surveillance programs, single animal treatment, good manufacturing
practices and vaccinations are additional measures to be taken to keep the level of
resistances in bacteria low.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology > Molecular Bacterial Epidemiology and Infectiology 05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Host-Pathogen Interaction 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Perreten, Vincent |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1424-1307 |
Publisher: |
Bundesamt für Gesundheitswesen, Bern |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Vincent Perreten |
Date Deposited: |
06 Feb 2015 10:05 |
Last Modified: |
31 Aug 2023 03:50 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.62548 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/62548 |
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