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What do York and Marrakesh have in common?

Posted by: Dr Christine Middlemiss BVMS MRCVS, Posted on: 5 November 2018 - Categories: Government Veterinary Services
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UK Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss talks about the important link between animals, humans and the environment in disease control and pathogen resistance.

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Why World Antibiotic Awareness Week matters to us all

Posted by: Nigel Gibbens, Chief Veterinary Officer, Posted on: 17 November 2017 - Categories: Disease outbreak
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...you say, so why is the Chief Vet blogging about it? Because I’m sure that you’ve also heard that the development of resistance in bacteria happens because of use of...

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Antimicrobial resistance: “Chance favours the prepared mind”

Posted by: Chris Teale, Posted on: 13 November 2017 - Categories: Government Veterinary Services
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...our understanding of microbiology have advanced considerably, the scientific method is a constant thread under-pinning science today, just as it has always done. In this blog, I’m going to discuss...

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A year of challenges and progress

Posted by: Nigel Gibbens, Chief Veterinary Officer, Posted on: 31 August 2017 - Categories: Government Veterinary Services
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...by some challenging animal diseases—most notably the ongoing bird flu outbreak which has swept across the continent. While there are a number of unprecedented challenges on the horizon, I am...

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World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2016

Posted by: Blog team, Posted on: 18 November 2016 - Categories: Government Veterinary Services
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To mark World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) 2016, we spent the week highlighting the work we're doing to help the fight against antibiotic resistance. See a selection of tweets about...

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Answering your questions on Antimicrobial Resistance

Posted by: Blog team, Posted on: 11 October 2016 - Categories: Government Veterinary Services
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...Standards Agency Veterinary Director Javier Dominguez took part in a Twitter Q&A to answer your questions around use of antibiotics in animals. https://storify.com/DefraGovUK/amr-twitter-q-a Subscribe to the blog for email updates....

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