Topics and Briefing Documents

ANTIBIOTICS
General Overview
Resistance
Fluoroquinolones
Anticoccidials
In-Feed
Growth promoters
MRSA
Cephalosporins

HEALTH AND WELFARE

CONTROLS ON ANIMAL MEDICINES

ANIMALS IN RESEARCH

ORGANOPHOSPHATES

SAFETY OF FOOD & RESIDUES

VACCINES

ADVERTISING

ADVERSE REACTIONS

ENVIRONMENT

CONSUMER ATTITUDES

VETERINARY LEGISLATIVE REVIEW

Antibiotics for Animals

Animals, just like humans, can suffer from disease. Healthy animals mean healthy food. NOAH believes it would be a rejection of our responsibility towards the production of healthy food to deny animals access to medicines which keep them healthy. Animals need antibiotics too.

• General overview (Printer friendly: Briefing Document 6)
• Antibiotic Resistance (Printer friendly: Briefing Document 11)
• The Use of Fluoroquinolones in Animal Health (Printer friendly: Briefing Document 18)
• Anticoccidials (Printer friendly: Briefing Document 13)
• Why In-Feed Antimicrobials? (Printer friendly: Briefing Document 14)
• Growth promoters - some questions and answers (Printer friendly: Briefing document 16)
• Controls on Animal Medicines (Printer friendly: Briefing document 19)
• Common Questions about Medicines for Farm Animals (Printer friendly: Briefing document 23)
• MRSA in Animals (Printer friendly: Briefing document 26)
• The Use of Cephalosporins in Animal Health (Printer friendly: Briefing Document 29)
• Animal medicines - what you should know (Printer friendly version here)

Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance website, including guidelines on responsible use of antimicrobials

Press releases

• NOAH welcomes Glasgow research on antimicrobial resistance patterns (31 January 2012)
• European Parliament resolution on antimicrobial resistance (9 November 2011)
• IFAH-Europe statement: European Parliament motion for resolution on antibiotic resistance (13 May 2011)
• NOAH welcomes DEFRA’s decision to retain the promotion of antimicrobials to farmers (6 January 2011)
• Promotion of antimicrobials to farmers (23 June 2010)
• NOAH supports European Antibiotic Awareness Day with its Responsible Use campaign (17 November 2009)
• 2007 animal antimicrobial figures are the lowest yet (21 August 2008)
• New DEFRA resistance surveillance plan builds on existing measures (19 May 2004)
• 2001 animal antimicrobial figures show care for animal health (16 April 2003)
• VPC Report on Antibiotic Resistance - antibiotics for animals "essential" (24 February 2003)
• European Parliament vote on Feed Additives (9 December 2002)
• NOAH Responds to Organic Lobby Report (5 June 2001)
• ACMSF Antibiotic Resistance Report: NOAH welcomes Government response (30 March 2000)
• Digestive enhancers can help meet Kyoto methane target (30 November 1999)
• Background Response to Soil Association press release and summary report, published on 18 August 1999 (20 August 1999)
• NOAH supports ACMSF’s ‘evolution not revolution’ on antibiotics for animals (18 August 1999)
• ACMSF Report will not give fully up-to-date picture, says NOAH (17 August 1999)
• NOAH Welcomes Commission Report (2 June 1999)
• Glasgow vet students oppose growth promoter ban (29 April 1999)
• World commitment to prudent animal antibiotic use (2 March 1999)
• NOAH regrets antibiotic ban (15 December 1998)
• EU vote puts UK meat producers at risk (2 December 1998)
• Precautionary Ban on Antibiotic Growth Promoters Not Backed by Scientific Data, Says Independent Scientific Foundation (30 November 1998)
• 'More light and less heat' on animal antibiotic use (16 November 1998)
• NOAH warns against unlicensed alternatives to antibiotics (24 September 1998)
• NOAH Deplores Organic Opportunism (5 August 1998)
• Responsible Use of Fluoroquinolones - Animal Medicine Industry Statement (15 June 1998)
• NOAH Launches Antibiotics Conference Proceedings (15 June 1998)
• NOAH astonished by Committee report (29 April 1998)
• NOAH Response to House of Lords' Report on Antibiotics Resistance (23 April 1998)
• Danish claims on farm antibiotic use are no proof says NOAH (19 March 1998)
• 'NCC should check its facts before criticising British farming' says NOAH (9 March 1998)
• NOAH finds WHO antimicrobial report good in parts (15 December 1997)
• Antimicrobial Resistance: Address the Facts says NOAH (24 April 1997)
• NOAH Slams Which? Report (7 March 1997)

See also

• CMO warning about the threat of antimicrobial resistance - and RUMA press release in support (11 March 2013)
• ‘Antimicrobial resistance in human and veterinary medicine: one medicine, one problem?’ - report from a conference held on 2 October 2012 by organised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in partnership with the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal College of Physicians, and in association with the Health Protection Agency
• RUMA paper for the European Commission on Antimicrobial Use in Veterinary Medicine (20 September 2012)
• RUMA statement on new strain of MRSA (6 June 2011)
• International conference on Responsible use of antibiotics in animals, 14-16 November 2011, the Netherlands - presentation from Peter Allen, RUMA chairman 'Future antibiotics use in animals - evolution or revolution?' slides and abstract
• VMD leaflet on antimicrobials
• Veterinary Residues Committee consumer factsheet
• BVA guidance on the responsible use of antimicrobials
• DARC Group (DEFRA Antimicrobial Resistance Co-ordination Group)
• DEFRA strategy for developing and implementing a surveillance programme for antimicrobial resistance in England and Wales
• DEFRA antimicrobial resistance in animals policy statement (revised August 2009 - link to VMD site)
• VMD response to June 2001 Soil Association report
• VMD Document "Sales of antimicrobail products authorised for use as veterinary medicines, antiprotozoals, antifungals and coccidiostats 2009"
• VMD Document "Sales of antimicrobial products authorised for use as veterinary medicines, antiprotozoals, antifungals and coccidiostats 2008"
• VMD Document "Sales of antimicrobial products authorised for use as veterinary medicines, antiprotozoals, antifungals and coccidiostats 2007"
• VMD Document "Sales of antimicrobials in 2006"
• VMD document "Sales of antimicrobials in 2005"
• VMD document "Sales of antimicrobials in 2004"
• VMD document "Sales of antimicrobials in 2003"
• VMD document "Sales of antimicrobials in 2002"
• VMD document "Sales of antimicrobials in 2001"
• VMD document "Sales of antimicrobials in 2000"
• VMD document "Sales of antimicrobials in 1999"
• VMD document "Sales of antimicrobials 1993-1998"
• ACMSF Antibiotic Resistance Report: NOAH response