Ad hoc method for the assessment of animal diseases caused by bacteria resistant to antimicrobials
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Author
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)
Nielsen, Søren Saxmose
Bicout, Dominique Joseph
Calistri, Paolo
Canali, Elisabetta
Drewe, Julian Ashley
Garin-Bastuji, Bruno
Gonzales Rojas, Jose Luis
Gortazar Schmidt, Christian
Herskin, Mette
Michel, Virginie
Miranda Chueca, Miguel Angel
Padalino, Barbara
Pasquali, Paolo
Roberts, Helen Clare
Sihvonen, Liisa Helena
Spoolder, Hans
Stahl, Karl
Viltrop, Arvo
Winckler, Christoph
Dewulf, Jeroen
Guardabassi, Luca
Hilbert, Friederike
Mader, Rodolphe
Smith, Peter
Aznar, Inmaculada
Baldinelli, Francesca
Alvarez, Julio
Publication date
2021-06-03ISSN
1831-4732
Abstract
The European Commission requested EFSA assess antimicrobial-resistant bacteria responsible for animal transmissible diseases, with a view to listing such pathogens for European Union action. This Scientific Opinion addresses the ad hoc method developed: (i) to give a global state of play as regards resistant animal pathogens that cause transmissible animal diseases, (ii) to identify the most relevant bacteria in the EU and (iii) to summarise their actual or potential animal health impact, and to perform their assessment for being listed and categorised according to the criteria of Articles 7, 5, 9 and 8 within the Animal Health Law (AHL) framework. An extensive literature review is carried out to give the global state of play of selected resistant bacteria that constitute a threat to animal health (i). An expert judgement procedure, based on the outcome of the literature review, is applied to identify which among those bacteria subjected to the literature review are the ‘most relevant’ in the European Union (ii). Their animal health impact in the European Union and their assessment for being listed and categorised according to the AHL framework will follow the ‘ad hoc method for the assessment on listing and categorisation of animal diseases within the framework of the Animal Health Law’ that EFSA has developed in the past (iii). The assessment of (i) and (ii) is addressed in distinct scientific opinions that are published separately by animal species of interest (dogs and cats, horses, pigs, poultry, cattle, small ruminants, rabbits and aquatic animal species). The assessment of (iii) is addressed in distinct scientific opinions and published separately by the animal pathogen.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
636 - Animal husbandry and breeding in general. Livestock rearing. Breeding of domestic animals
Pages
29
Publisher
Wiley Open Access
Is part of
EFSA Journal
Citation
Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, Dominique Joseph Bicout, Paolo Calistri, Elisabetta Canali, Julian Ashley Drewe, Bruno Garin‐Bastuji, and Jose Luis Gonzales Rojas et al. 2021. "Ad Hoc Method For The Assessment Of Animal Diseases Caused By Bacteria Resistant To Antimicrobials". EFSA Journal 19 (6). doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6645.
Program
Benestar Animal
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