Source: National Institute for Animal Agriculture The message
emerging from the “A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Use &
Resistance: A Dialogue for a Common Purpose” symposium, Nov.
13-15, in Columbus, Ohio, was clear: Antibiotic use and
antimicrobial resistance are the responsibility of all
communities—human health, animal health and environmental
health—and solutions will require collaboration of these health
communities. At the end of the three-day symposium, which was
coordinated by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture,
presenters and participants agreed on numerous points: •
Antibiotics dramatically improve human, animal and plant health,
and increase life expectancy. • Antimicrobial resistance is not
going to go away. • A historical look at antimicrobial
resistance shows antimicrobial resistance is not a new
phenomenon but existed before mankind. The topic of
antimicrobial resistance can be subtle, complex, difficult and
polarizing. It is more than science and evidence. It’s about
politics