1. Antibiotics and Regulations: Antibiotic Use in the VFD & MRSA Era
Dr Justin Bergeron
Maine Assistant State Veterinarian
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION & FORESTRY
DIVISION OF ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH

2. Who Is This Guy

3. Key points: Antibiotics are not evil or magic.
Antimicrobial resistance is our shared issue.
You CAN make a difference.

4. The AMR Issue

5. The AMR Issue

6. The AMR Issue

7. The AMR Issue

8. The AMR Issue

9. The AMR Issue

10. The AMR Issue

11. AMR Primer

12. AMR Primer

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17. AMR Primer

18. AMR Primer Nick Kim, http://www.lab-initio.com/

19. AMR Primer

20. So What!?!?!?

21. ARRGHH, Regulators

22. ARRGHH, Regulators

23. VFDs

24. Hmm.....
What a depressing thought all of this can be, antibiotic resistant bacteria can and will continue to be a growing issue. We have regulations to deal with and they seem to keep changing. And let’s not even talk about milk prices. So what do we do?

25. Antibiotic Stewardship
What is it?
How does it work?
Have a plan
Get to know your enemy (including the one with the stethoscope)
Share your plan
Tracking, tracking, tracking
Use your plan
Live it, be it, modify it
How many have heard of antibiotic stewardship?
Can you define it? Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), improves patient outcomes, reduces microbial resistance, and decreases the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms.
What does it really mean- how you are going to use antimicrobials on your farm.
So how does it work.

26. Antibiotic Stewardship
Why?

27. Real Cases

28. Don’t Forget

29. Key points: Antibiotics are not evil or magic.
Antimicrobial resistance is our shared issue.
You CAN make a difference.

31. Thank You
Justin Bergeron