Topics and Briefing Documents

ANTIBIOTICS
General Overview
Resistance
Fluoroquinolones
Anticoccidials
In-Feed
Growth promoters

HEALTH AND WELFARE

CONTROLS ON ANIMAL MEDICINES

ANIMALS IN RESEARCH

ORGANOPHOSPHATES

SAFETY OF FOOD & RESIDUES

VACCINES

ADVERTISING

ADVERSE REACTIONS

ENVIRONMENT

CONSUMER ATTITUDES

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
• Antibiotic Resistance
• The Use of Fluoroquinolones in Animal Health
• Anticoccidials
• Why In-Feed Antimicrobials?
• The end of growth-promoting antibiotics - some questions and answers
• Controls on Animal Medicines
• Common Questions about Medicines for Farm Animals
• MRSA in Animals

Press releases

• 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

• Veterinary Residues Committee factsheet
• DARC Group (DEFRA Antimicrobial Resistance Co-ordination Group)
• Advice on managing the phase out of antibiotic growth promoters - see the BPEX website (www.bpx.org/technical/publications/freepublications.asp) Published in December 2004 'Managing the withdrawal of antibiotic growth promoters from pig feeds' and 'Managing the withdrawal of antibiotic growth promoters from pig feeds - a checklist'
• DEFRA strategy for developing and implementing a surveillance programme for antimicrobial resistance in England and Wales
• DEFRA press release "DEFRA announces the results of surveillance for antimicrobial resistance in livestock"
• Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance website, including guidelines on responsible use of antimicrobials
• VMD response to June 2001 Soil Association report
• VMD Document "Sales of antimicrobial products authorised for use as veterinary medicines, antiprotozoals, antifungals and coccidiostats 2008"
• VMD Document "Sales of antimicrobials in 2006"
• 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"
• VMD document "Zootechnical Feed Additives and Medicated Feedingstuffs: A Prescriber’ s Guide"
• ACMSF Antibiotic Resistance Report: NOAH response