ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2012) —
University of Adelaide scientists will lead a national research effort to hunt
for so-called 'superbugs' in Australian livestock and pets.
The University's School of
Animal and Veterinary Sciences, based at the Roseworthy Campus, has received
$110,000 in funding from Pfizer Animal Health Australia to conduct a pilot
study, which is the first of its kind for the nation.
Scientists in the new
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Roseworthy will research the prevalence of
resistance to all major classes of antibiotic for two key groups of
pathogens, Escherichia coli and staphylococci, in livestock animals
and pets.
"Australia currently has
no coordinated national program monitoring antibiotic resistance in livestock
or companion animal pathogens," says the Director of the Veterinary
Diagnostic Laboratory, Dr Darren Trott.
"Resistance in these key
pathogens is a major driver throughout the world of the use of antimicrobial
drugs for livestock and companion animals."
Dr Trott says Australia has
some of the world's most conservative restrictions regarding the use of
antimicrobial drugs in livestock.
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