The post-mortem revenge livestock

The excessive use of antimicrobials in animals may promote the emergence of resistant forms of bacteria. To protect human health from these super-bacteria, the World Health Organization (WHO) published new recommendations for governments, veterinary services and various professional organizations and the food industry.   
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On June 12, 2000, WHO published the report "Overcoming microbial resistance"And sounding the alarm that we risk losing the war against infectious diseases following the onset of increasingly frequent forms of resistance by pathogenic bacteria.
The next day, the international body points to a sector that use - and sometimes abuse - of antibiotics in food. These antimicrobials are used mainly to kill bacteria in animals whose products are intended for human consumption.

According to the release of the WHO, "The misuse and misrepresentation of these antimicrobials in animals contributes to the emergence of resistant forms of bacteria that cause disease. These resistant bacteria can be transmitted from livestock to humans mainly through food. may occur when infections are difficult to cure, the resistant bacteria do not respond to treatment with antimicrobials. "

Grave matter for experts, Salmonella appears in forms of antibiotic in livestock in Europe, Asia and North America, and can cause diarrhea, sepsis (presence of germ in the blood) and deaths. Similarly, infections Enteroccoci (very common bacteria in the gut of humans and animals, and can sometimes be responsible for severe infections) is causing serious processing problems, especially among immunocompromised patients.

42 recommendations to react

But antibiotics have helped make food safer and cheaper. They are used to treat animals and, more often, they are included in animal feed only to promote their growth. Faced with this paradox, the WHO issued 42 new recommendations "aimed at governments, veterinary services and various professional organizations, as well as industry and academia.
Among these "global principles for the containment of antimicrobial resistance resulting from the use of these products in animal husbandry, the main recommendations are:

mandatory requirement for all antimicrobials used in treating diseases of livestock,
stop or rapid elimination of the use of antimicrobials as growth they are also used in human medicine, in the absence of safety assessment for public health
creation of national systems for monitoring antimicrobial use in animal husbandry,
safety evaluation of antimicrobials prior to placing on the market, given the possible resistance vis-à-vis antimicrobials for human use,
monitoring of resistance to identify emerging health problems and take early corrective action to protect human health,
advice for veterinarians to reduce the misuse and misrepresentation of antimicrobials in animal husbandry.
To implement these recommendations and see them integrated into the national laws of member countries of the WHO is a real challenge. However, Dr. Klaus Stöhr, an expert scientific team Risks to Public Health related to animals and food, appear confident and optimistic. "The presence of other international organizations, professional societies and the pharmaceutical industry is very encouraging. All partners will combine their efforts for global principles formulated by the WHO are translated into national decisions."

 

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