In its press release, WHO quotes a recent study published in the The Lancet Planetary Health which shows that interventions that restrict antibiotic use in food-producing animals reduced antibiotic-resistant bacteria in these animals by up to 39%. Given these significant findings, WHO proposes some new guidelines to curb the use of antibiotics in farm and food-producing animals.
1. WHO strongly recommends an overall reduction in the use of all classes of medically important antibiotics in food-producing animals, including complete restriction of these antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention without diagnosis.
2. Healthy animals should only receive antibiotics to prevent disease if it has been diagnosed in other animals in the same flock, herd, or fish population.
3. Where possible, sick animals should be tested to determine the most effective and prudent antibiotic to treat their specific infection.
5. Depend more on alternative options to using antibiotics for disease prevention in animals such as improving hygiene, better use of vaccination, and changes in animal housing and husbandry practices.
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