authors sapuvetnet project. universidade de evora. polo da mitra. 7002-554. evora (portugal)

SAPUVET AND SAPUVETNET Projects; A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MORE

PRUDENT USE OF ANTIMICROBIALS.

Authors SAPUVETNET project. Universidade de Evora. Polo da Mitra. 7002-554. Evora (Portugal). Contact: S. Górniak (gorniak@usp.br); C. Ortega (epidemio@unizar.es); M. Vilhena (mmcv@uevora.pt)

SAPUVET philosophy:A contribution towards advancement of

education in Veterinary Public Health (VPH)

Through mutual cooperation between the European Union and Latin America

SAPUVET and SAPUVETNET III (n. DCI-LA/2008/75) are a series of projects, co-financed under the EU ALFA programme for the last 8 years, aimed to support an Veterinary Public Health (VPH) educational network.Latin-American and European

Veterinary schools and some international organizations are contributing to the success of the project

RESULTS OF THE PROJECT Proposal of a common VPH curriculum,

Design of teaching material such as videos, case studies and a manual on VPH, Organization of some e-conferences

Design and publication of the “One Health” journalElaboration of a free domaine web site: http://www.sapuvetnet.org

KNOWLEDGE OF THE USE OF ANTIMICROBIALS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED RESISTANCE HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE AND A CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT

Development of the chapter “Bacterial resistance; control strategies,

good practices and prudent use of antimicrobials”

Journal

VPH manual

Manuscript: “the problem of antibiotics’ resistance

in public health” e- conferences Case studies /web-site

SAPUVET networkuse of antimicrobial related products

Newsletter

Comments and discussions about resistant microorganisms took

place into the group

LOCAL PRACTICES IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE USE OF MEDICATIONS AND RESISTANCE TO ANTMICROBIALS: CONSEQUENCES

IN PUBLIC HEALTH PRUDENT USE OF ANTIMICROBIALS

IN ANIMALS: SOLUTION OR UTOPIA?

The opinions expressed by the group are not necessarily the opinions of the EU or those of the Alfa program

A series of case studies regarding health problems linked to the use of antimicrobials have been included

in the learning materials

Multiresistant Salmonella enterica Thyphimurium in human and animal populations

Multiresistance to antibiotics of porcine origin Relapsed multirresistant infection in a Golden dog

Residum of antimicrobial substances in bovine mest and viscera

All professionals agree that veterinarians should work

towards sanitary planning and in preventive medicine

to avoid the use of antimicrobials

Some opinions defend that the

use of certain specific antimicrobials as additives

makes sense in some circumstances, as long as it is done

with serious and strict control There are differences in the use of antimicrobials in various countries, particularly considering the different approaches towards animal health

management and hygiene.

Regulation of the use of antimicrobials from the legal standpoint and surveillance

programs are necessary.

Ethics of health workers are the key to solving the problem.

There is concern regarding the inappropriate use of other chemical products and their relationship with antimicrobial resistance.

The group agrees with the most correct use of the term “antimicrobials” to describe any substance that kills microorganisms, including natural compounds, produced

or not by microorganisms and synthetic antimicrobial compounds, instead of the more restricted term, “antibiotic”