ONE HEALTH: Awareness to Action - Antimicrobial and Anthelmintic Resistance Conference

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ONE HEALTH: Awareness to Action - Antimicrobial and Anthelmintic Resistance Conference which took place on Wednesday, 27th November in the Tullamore Court Hotel. The format of the conference is to initially provide you with the most up-to-date knowledge on these important topics and then to focus on practical take home messages.

The event was organised jointly by Teagasc, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), University College Dublin (UCD), Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). 

PRESENTATIONS

• Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - The way forward
  Martin Blake, Chief Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine
  
  
• Why reducing antibiotic use is now an imperative
  Professor Martin Cormican, NUI Galway
  
  
• Antibiotic usage data – its value for the animal health sector
  Caroline Garvan, DAFM
  
  
• The environment and its role in the transmission and persistence of AMR
  Dearbhaile Morris, NUI Galway; Fiona Walsh, NUI Maynooth; Kaye Burgess and Fiona Brennan, Teagasc
  
  
• Dairy farm system management without antibiotics – lessons from Scandinavia
  Martin Kavanagh, Veterinary Consultant, Tipperary
  
  
• Addressing antimicrobial usage in agriculture: considering citizen perspectives and consumer demands
  Áine Regan and Sharon Sweeney, Teagasc; Claire McKernan, Tony Benson and Moira Dean, Queen’s University Belfast

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• Selective Dry Cow Strategies
  Finola McCoy, AHI

• Responsible prescribing of Antimicrobials
  David Tisdall, University of Surrey

• Calf Management and Health
  Emer Kennedy, Teagasc & Catherine McAloon, UCD

• Biosecurity, medicated feed – Pigs & Poultry
  Carla Gomez, AHI 
  
  
• In-Feed Medication and Antimicrobial Resistance
  Rob Doyle, DAFM
  
  
• Anthelmintic Resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes
  Orla Keane, Teagasc

• Farmer experiences at reducing antimicrobial use (AMU) on a Sheep Farm
  Ger Carey, Drystock Unit Manager, Gurteen Agricultural College
  
  
• Take home messages and actions for veterinary profession and each enterprise
  David Graham, CEO, AHI