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National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Forum 2013

Dr. Gregory TaylorDeputy Chief Public Health Officer of CanadaDecember 3, 2013Ottawa, Ontario

Worldwide Distribution of Cases of NDM-1* – Dec. 2010(*New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 enzyme/ ‘superbug’)

The Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance is Complex…

Animal Feeds Meat

Direct Contact

EXTENDED CARE

FACILITIES

HUMAN

Commercial Abattoirs / Processing

Plants

Rendering

FOOD ANIMALS

SHEEP CATTLESWINE

POULTRYVEAL

CALVES

OffalVegetation,

Seed Crops, Fruit

Sewage

Drinking water

Drinking Water

Sea / Lakes

SwimmingAQUACULTURE

Rivers and Streams Industrial &

HouseholdAntibacterialChemicals

OTHER FARMED

LIVESTOCK

COMMUNITY- URBAN-RURAL

WILDLIFE

SOIL

Handling Preparation

Consumption

after Linton AH (1977), modified by Irwin RJ

Farm Effluents and Manure Spreading

IMPORTS

TRAVELLERS

HOSPITALIZED

COMPANIONANIMALS

Dead stock

Re-mix

Land Fill

Fuel Ethanol

Producers

Fuel Ethanol

Distillers Grain By-Products

3CIPARS 2012 – INTEGRATED AMR RESULTS

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Ceftiofur Resistance in Chicken E. coli and Human and Chicken S. Heidelberg (Québec) – CIPARS2003-2009, Rolling Average

preliminary

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

QuébecProvince, Year, Quarter

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Retail Chicken E. coliRetail Chicken S. HeidelbergHuman S. Heidelberg

Voluntary withdrawal of ceftiofur in ovo use

Partial reinstitution of ceftiofur use

High level of use Zero

use Unknown use

Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance , PHAC