TY - JOUR

T1 - Building the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance network in veterinary medicine (EARS-Vet)

AU - Mader, Rodolphe

AU - Damborg, Peter

AU - Amat, Jean Philippe

AU - Bengtsson, Björn

AU - Bourély, Clémence

AU - Broens, Els M.

AU - Busani, Luca

AU - Crespo-Robledo, Paloma

AU - Filippitzi, Maria Eleni

AU - Fitzgerald, William

AU - Kaspar, Heike

AU - Madero, Cristina Muñoz

AU - Norström, Madelaine

AU - Nykäsenoja, Suvi

AU - Pedersen, Karl

AU - Pokludova, Lucie

AU - Margrete, Anneurdahl

AU - Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis

AU - Zafeiridis, Christos

AU - Madec, Jean Yves

AU - EU-JAMRAI

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) should be tackled through a One Health approach, as stated in the World Health Organization Global Action Plan on AMR. We describe the landscape of AMR surveillance in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and underline a gap regarding veterinary medicine. Current AMR surveillance efforts are of limited help to veterinary practitioners and policymakers seeking to improve antimicrobial stewardship in animal health. We propose to establish the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance network in Veterinary medicine (EARS-Vet) to report on the AMR situation, follow AMR trends and detect emerging AMR in selected bacterial pathogens of animals. This information could be useful to advise policymakers, explore efficacy of interventions, support antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, (re-)evaluate marketing authorisations of antimicrobials, generate epidemiological cut-off values, assess risk of zoonotic AMR transmission and evaluate the burden of AMR in animal health. EARS-Vet could be integrated with other AMR monitoring systems in the animal and medical sectors to ensure a One Health approach. Herein, we present a strategy to establish EARS-Vet as a network of national surveillance systems and highlight challenges of data harmonisation and bias. Strong political commitment at national and EU/EEA levels is required for the success of EARS-Vet.

AB - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) should be tackled through a One Health approach, as stated in the World Health Organization Global Action Plan on AMR. We describe the landscape of AMR surveillance in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and underline a gap regarding veterinary medicine. Current AMR surveillance efforts are of limited help to veterinary practitioners and policymakers seeking to improve antimicrobial stewardship in animal health. We propose to establish the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance network in Veterinary medicine (EARS-Vet) to report on the AMR situation, follow AMR trends and detect emerging AMR in selected bacterial pathogens of animals. This information could be useful to advise policymakers, explore efficacy of interventions, support antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, (re-)evaluate marketing authorisations of antimicrobials, generate epidemiological cut-off values, assess risk of zoonotic AMR transmission and evaluate the burden of AMR in animal health. EARS-Vet could be integrated with other AMR monitoring systems in the animal and medical sectors to ensure a One Health approach. Herein, we present a strategy to establish EARS-Vet as a network of national surveillance systems and highlight challenges of data harmonisation and bias. Strong political commitment at national and EU/EEA levels is required for the success of EARS-Vet.

U2 - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.4.2001359

DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.4.2001359

M3 - Review

C2 - 33509339

AN - SCOPUS:85100650703

VL - 26

JO - Eurosurveillance

JF - Eurosurveillance

SN - 1025-496X

IS - 4

ER -