Drive carefully 🚛

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has taken a look at the risk of spread of antimicrobial resistance among poultry, swine, and cattle during transportation between farms or to slaughterhouses. 

🔍 Their findings? 

• Appropriate transportation organization is key: the faster the animals are transported and the more thoroughly the vehicles, equipment, and loading/unloading spaces are cleaned, the more the transmission of resistant bacteria is reduced.

• Animal health and welfare, and biosecurity before and after are also important. 

🧫 Beyond animal health: when bacteria become resistant to antimicrobials, effective treatment of infectious diseases in humans can be compromised too.

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