UPDATED July 2004
Sponsored by FDA and USDA: CSREES

A major concern in human medicine is the development of antibiotic resistance by bacteria that can cause disease in people. The following segment provides information on the issue of antimicrobial resistance and general guidelines for prudent antibiotic use.

1. Take this pre-test to see what you already know antibiotic use BEFORE you watch the presentation.

2. Prudent Antibiotic Use presentation

3. Take this post-test to see if you can score higher AFTER you watched the presentation.

4. Download the Checklist for Prudent Antibiotic Use on the Dairy (pdf)

 


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For more detailed information
on judicious or prudent drug
use, we refer you to “Judicious Use of Antimicrobials for
Dairy Cattle Veterinarians” at

http://www.avma.org/issues/jtua/default.asp