Meet our leaders #16

Grant Awarding Manager and Associate Professor, University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia “To combat antimicrobial resistance we have put our efforts on research on developing alternatives to antibiotics along with raising awareness among current and future veterinarians about antimicrobial stewardship principles”. Dr. Kovacevic is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the …

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ENOVAT just launched a campaign to raise awareness of the rational use of antibiotics

Promoting prudent antibiotic use in Europe. ENOVAT just launched a campaign consisting of a video to promote the prudent use of antibiotics in veterinary practice. The video has been translated into 25 different languages with the aim of targeting more countries and areas around the world. The video in English is available on the main ENOVAT webpage. Translated versions can …

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ENOVAT is organizing a free webinar about subclinical mastitis therapy in lactation in Europe

On Wednesday, 21th September14:00 – 16:30 (CEST) you are invited to an exciting free webinar about subclinical mastitis therapy in the lactation in Europe. In the context of ENOVAT, eight mastitis experts from different European countries will introduce us in 10 minutes each to subclinical/high cell count mastitis therapies in their respective countries. During the webinar, commonalities and differences in …

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A group of researchers in ENOVAT just published a work that benchmarks the different antimicrobial therapeutic approaches for mastitis in different EU countries

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the different therapeutic approaches and to highlight commonalities and differences between countries European countries. This work compared eight different countries: Spain, The Netherlands, Estonia, Ireland, Poland, Finland, Germany, and Italy. In these countries, the decision to start treatment is usually made by veterinarians,while the farm personnel is responsible for treatment …

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ENOVAT researchers have just published protocols for systematic reviews of antimicrobial treatment guidelines in Poultry colibacillosis

In the framework of the ENOVAT guidelines initiative, a group of enthusiastic senior researchers and early career investigators belonging to different European countries are actively cooperating and working on important research questions to address antimicrobial use in Poultry colibacillosis. The aim of the group is to perform four systematic reviews addressing and the drafting group is happy to announce that …

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Meet our leaders #12

Dr. Luís Pedro Carmo WG4 vice-leader Post-doc at the Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse, University of Bern, Switzerland “Evidence should be the guiding line to the selection of the most adequate treatments” Dr. Carmo was a Doctoral student / Resident of the European College of Veterinary Public Health Veterinary Public Health Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland. Among other relevant professional …

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WGs updates

Working Group 1 Work in WG1 continues on both the diagnostic procedures and treatment guidelines surveys. The Diagnostic procedures survey which aims to review and evaluate the methodology and interpretive criteria used by veterinary diagnostic laboratories across Europe for pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing, is now completed. The survey was taken by 290 respondents (veterinary microbiology laboratories) from 35 …

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An ENOVAT member is interviewed about the antimicrobial resistance issue in companion animals

Dr. Menezes pointed out that PETS CAN PASS GENES FOR ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE TO HUMAN INFECTIONS “I am a PhD student at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Lisbon. I do my research at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health under the Supervision of Professor Constança Pomba, the head of the Antibiotic Resistance Lab. The Idea …

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