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Resistance to antimicrobials remains high - report
The report found that antimicrobial resistance levels in Europe continue to vary by geographical region.

Study highlights scale of antibiotic resistance challenge in EU

Bacteria found in animals, human and food continues to show resistance to widely-used antimicrobials, according to a new report.

Published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the report emphasizes that AMR poses a serious threat to public and animal health.

“Antimicrobial resistance is an alarming threat putting human and animal health in danger. We have put substantial efforts to stop its rise, but this is not enough,” commented Vytenis Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.

“We must be quicker, stronger and act on several fronts. This is why the Commission will launch a new Action Plan this summer that will give a new framework for future coordinated actions to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance.”

The report corporates already-published UK veterinary surveillance data from 2015 and compares them with other countries for the first time.

It found that multi-drug resistance in Salmonella bacteria is high across the EU. But experts claim that resistance to critically important antimicrobials used to treat severe cases of human Salmonella infection remains low.

The report also shows that antimicrobial resistance levels in Europe continue to vary by geographical region. Countries in the North and West of Europe - including the UK - had lower resistance levels than those in the South and East.

Welcoming the report, John Fitzgerald of RUMA, the agriculture and food industry alliance said: “This shows that the work being done to reduce, refine and replace antibiotic use is a priority, and very necessary across both human and veterinary medicine.
 
“We hope that the generally lower levels of resistance found in the UK reflect, in part, the responsible use guidelines for farm animals we have had in place through RUMA for the past 20 years. Despite this, the need for further concerted action is clear.”

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RCVS Knowledge appoints Veterinary Evidence editor-in-chief

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 RCVS Knowledge has welcomed Professor Peter Cockcroft as editor-in-chief for Veterinary Evidence.

A world-renowned expert in evidence-based veterinary medicine, Prof Cockcroft will lead the strategic development and editorial quality of the open-access journal. He was previously in the role from 2017-2020.

Katie Mantell, CEO of RCVS Knowledge, said: "We are excited about the extensive knowledge of evidence-based veterinary medicine and clinical veterinary research that Peter brings, and we look forward to working with him over this next phase of the journal's development." 

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CVS Group hit by cyber attack

CVS Group, which owns more than 450 veterinary practices in the UK, has been hit by a cyber attack.

In a statement, the group said the incident involved unauthorised external access to a limited number of its IT systems. As soon as the attack was discovered, the group took its IT systems temporarily offline, causing 'considerable operational disruption'.

It has warned that the security steps taken and ongoing plans to move its operational systems and IT infrastructure to the Cloud are likely to have an ongoing impact over a number of weeks.

Due to the risk that personal information was accessed, CVS has informed the Information Commissioner's Office. The company is working with third party consultants to investigate the incident.