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UK One Health Report: Joint report on antibiotic use, antibiotic sales and antibiotic resistance.
Research and analysis
The third publication of the One Health Report brings together antibiotic resistance and consumption data from humans, animals, food, and the environment.
The Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and Environment programme uses the latest DNA-sequencing technology and environmental sampling to improve the detection and tracking of foodborne disease and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Validation for applications during the Christmas period 2023 for MA, ManA, WDA, Batch Release, Specific Batch Control and Export Certificate.
Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance 2022
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This UK VARSS report provides the details of UK veterinary antibiotic resistance and sales surveillance.
Introducing our biennial satisfaction survey for MAHs, Manufacturers, and Wholesale Dealers.
Details of a new VMD Intelligence Unit and anonymous reporting.
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