Hazell Mullins: One Health, one welfare - everyone's role in limiting AMR
The fundamental concept of AMR is that bacteria that infect animals carry genes that become resistant to antibiotics that can then pass to bacteria that infect humans.
“What is the main reason for all this?” This is a question I got asked by a farmer when we were discussing selective dry cows whilst TB testing last week. It brought me back to the basics of how we all have a responsibility to preserve the antibiotics we currently have and reduce the development of resistance in the future.
It may seem simple to take an antibiotic, sometimes taking it for granted, this is until someday we may take that same antibiotic and it doesn’t work - a scary place to find yourself or a loved one.
