ENOVAT is supporting the Research topic Antimicrobial Resistance in Biofilm in Drinking Water Distribution Systems in Conventional Animal Farming
ENOVAT members are participating as guest editors in the Research topic “Antimicrobial Resistance in Biofilm in Drinking Water Distribution Systems in Conventional Animal Farming” promoted in the scientific journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (Impact factor: 5.293). Members of ENOVAT involved as editors are: Alessandra Piccirillo University of Padua Andrea Laconi University of Padua Petra Cagnardi University of Milan …
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ENOVAT extended the call for Virtual Networking Mobility Grants
Proposals should detail the budget for performing the activities, up to the maximum of 1,500 EUR per proposal. The call is now open until Sep 15th. Activities will be performed and invoiced before Sep 31st. Applications will be submitted via e-cost. The application template is available in e-cost or here. This call will support applicants for strengthening the existing networks by allowing scientists to …
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ENOVAT just organizes a training school on the basis of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for the antibiotics treatment
Training School is taking place in Place in Padova on the 24 and 25 of August 2021 This training school is organized and hosted by the University of Padova in a hybrid format (physical and online). The aim is to acquire the general principles of pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) for clinicians and microbiologists. 46 students were participating, 22 in …
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Opportunity for clinical and official laboratories to publish their data on animal pathogens
The open-access journal Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381, Impact factor: 2.304) has launched a new Special Issue entitled ” Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Animals“ Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until Dec 15th, 2021. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers …
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Call for Virtual Mobility Grants
Proposals should detail the budget for performing the activities, up to the maximum of 1,500 EUR per proposal. The call is now open until August 31. Applications will be submitted via e-cost. The application template is available in e-cost or here. This call will support applicants for strengthening the existing networks by allowing scientists to foster collaboration in a …
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WGs updates
Working Group 1 Work is ongoing in WG1 continues on dissemination of two surveys. The Diagnostic procedures survey, aims to review and evaluate the methodology and interpretive criteria used by veterinary diagnostic laboratories across Europe for pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. So far, the most responses for this survey came from France, UK and Turkey. We thank everyone who …
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Meet our leaders #10
Dr. JONATHAN GÓMEZ-RAJA Science Communication Manager Chief Scientific Officer, FUNDESALUD, Government of Extremadura, Spain “Whatever we do in science, should be communicated, and NOT only disseminated. We need to explain to the public what we do as scientists to improve their life“ Dr. Gomez-Raja has a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Extremadura (Spain) and a Postdoc at the …
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ENOVAT surveys are open to get your feedback in veterinary medicine practices to avoid AMR
Treatment Guidelines, Diagnostic Procedures and Strain Databases surveys are ready for you and open until July 16th 2021. The Diagnostic procedures survey, which needs to reach as many Veterinary Diagnostic laboratories in Europe as possible. This survey aims to review the methods and interpretive criteria used by veterinary diagnostic laboratories across Europefor bacterial pathogen identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), …
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ENOVAT just published a paper that reviews and evaluates the existing guidelines for rational Antimicrobial Use in Small-Animal Veterinary Practice in Europe
Work led by Dr. Fergus Allerton in the frame of the ENOVAT guidelines initiative mapped and qualitatively assessed the Antimicrobial stewardship guidelines (ASGs) for antimicrobial use in cats and dogs in Europe. Country representatives of the European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment (ENOVAT) were asked to identify ASGs published in their countries. All collated ASGs updated since January …
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Meet our leaders #9
Prof. Jeroen DEWULF WG4 vice leader Full professor at Ghent University “The best way to reduce antimicrobial resistance is to avoid antimicrobial use through good biosecurity and infection prevention” Jeroen Dewulf is full professor in Veterinary Epidemiology at Ghent University Belgium. He has been conduction research for more than 20 years on antimicrobial use and resistance in animals as well …
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