title: Stakeholder position paper: food animal veterinarian.
abstract: Food animal veterinarians practice in a variety of settings with considerable differences between the settings. Due to variability, aggregate data from surveillance of antimicrobial use is not very useful to practitioners unless correlated information is provided, such as the relative disease status, ages of animals, and purpose of use. Of greater utility is use data as it relates to a specific farm or production system. Of greater importance to clinical practitioners is a meaningful surveillance system that tracks trends in antimicrobial resistance in common pathogens causing animal diseases.
authors.affiliation: American Association of Swine Veterinarians, 902 1st Avenue, Perry, IA 50220-1703, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Burkgren
authors.forename: Lyle
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis* / Q000382:microbiology; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents