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COLLEGE NEWS
AGENDA ESTABLISHED FOR VETERINARY
STEWARDSHIP OF ANTIBIOTIC USE
The College recently released its final report,
“Setting an Action Agenda for Veterinary
Stewardship of Antibiotic Use in Food-
Producing Animals in Ontario,” which was
completed with funding assistance through
Growing Forward 2 (GF2). Through this
second GF2 project studying antimicrobial
resistance, the College continued to work with
veterinarians and producers to review antibiotic
use in food animals and establish a consensus
on opportunities for lasting and meaningful
changes in practice.
The first GF2 project identified more than 100
potential actions to impact the use of antibiotics.
In the second project, food-producing animal
veterinarians selected six specific priorities for
action by veterinarians.
These six priority initiatives include:
• providing ongoing voluntary professional
development opportunities for food-animal
veterinarians regarding antibiotic use.
• developing and/or updating, in
collaboration with individual producers,
standard operating procedures (SOPs) for
appropriate antibiotic use.
•
appropriate antibiotic use.
• developing an education program for
producers on appropriate on-farm
antibiotic use.
• designing a strategy for the implementation
of mandatory producer training on
appropriate antibiotic use.
• promoting the standardization of veterinary
laboratory data and reporting that identifies
changes in antibiotic resistance patterns.
A webinar is available which provides an
overview of Setting an Action Agenda for
Veterinary Stewardship of Antibiotic Use in
Food-Producing Animals in Ontario. The webinar
is hosted by
the report’s
project
managers
Drs. Barbara
and Ken
Leslie. Visit
www.cvo.
org/video
to view the
presentation.
promoting, across species, the
implementation of farm-specific SOPs for
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Value of Veterinary Facility
Accreditation - Associate Registrar,
Quality Practice, Dr. Kim Lambert,
and Principal, Accreditation
Aneeta Bharij discuss the facility
accreditation process and the new
proposed model for accreditation.
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specific equipment requirements;
proper patient records; safe drug
storage; a medical reference library;
and orderly and sanitary premises.
Listen and learn on various College
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