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The health and well-being of animals, people and our planet are interdependent. Poor animal health and welfare in intensive farming negatively affect food safety, our environment and climate
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Manufacturing process needs control measures; 43% of world’s rivers contaminated with active pharmaceutical ingredients
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There is a lack of knowledge and expertise regarding how to limit the use of antibiotics at the farm level without harming cattle health
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Antibiotics in food animals an essential environmental and public health issue
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Rise in demand for meat and dairy products was reconciled through the intensification of livestock systems
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Inability to measure biosecurity and hygiene status of a farm has been a major obstacle
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Developing sustainable and well-maintained integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems could be a new hope to constrain AMR
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Healthcare systems for livestock should be accessible, affordable and effective; ethnoveterinary medicine fulfils this criteria
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Country's drug resistance index at 66.6% against a benchmark of 25%
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All farmers and flock handlers are trained specifically for the no antibiotics policy
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The platform is expected to build global momentum & high-level advocacy to combat AMR
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Global procurement focus shifting to monitoring drug manufacturing practices
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The formal poultry healthcare service system in the tribal districts Alluri Seetha Ramaju and Parvathipuram Manyam is almost non-existent
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We need to remember that lower the chances of infection, lower would be the use of antibiotics / antimicrobials
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Public awareness campaigns related to the prudent use of antimicrobial agents can reduce the misuse of antimicrobials in animals
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Important to prevent emergence and spread of infections to reduce need and dependence on antimicrobials
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India was the highest consumer of antimicrobials, followed by China and the United States
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There is a high risk of antibiotic residues entering the environment from wastewater used in manufacturing pharmaceuticals
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The state action plans of Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi too make only passing remarks about inter-sectoral cooperation, with measurable outcomes
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Vaccination, early diagnosis, improved sanitation, access to clean water, proper hand hygiene, kangaroo mother care and early breastfeeding can reduce likelihood of infection and need for antimicrobials
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AMR has been recognised as a ‘silent pandemic’ and is a global public health threat today
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The Manifesto has called upon different stakeholders in human and animal health as well as environment sectors to come together to implement AMR National Action Plans
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Down To Earth speaks to Anil Kr Bayati, managing director of Sabar Dairy in Sabarkantha, Gujarat about the use of EVM at the dairy
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Down To Earth speaks to Meenesh Shah, chairman, NDDB on EVM use in the Indian dairy sector
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Down To Earth spoke to MNB Nair from the Center for Ethno-Veterinary Science and Practice, The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology, Bengaluru about the science of EVM
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The biggest USP of ethnoveterinary medicines is that they can be prepared at home; simple ingredients of EVMs can work against several bovine ailments
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Pharmaceutical company in Gujarat designed a ZLD unit to remove antibiotics from manufacturing wastewater
India is the world’s largest consumer of antibiotics in terms of total volume