Tackling equine antimicrobial resistance: introducing REIN In AMR.
Abstract: Charlotte Barber, Abigail McGlennon, Fleur Whitlock, John Grewar, Sophie Spalding, Richard Newton and Tamsin Dewé introduce a new government-funded initiative to strengthen the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in the equine sector.
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Publication Date: 2025-11-28 PubMed ID: 41312831DOI: 10.1002/vetr.70144Google Scholar: Lookup
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Barber C, McGlennon A, Whitlock F, Grewar J, Spalding S, Newton R, Dewé T.
(2025).
Tackling equine antimicrobial resistance: introducing REIN In AMR.
Vet Rec, 197(11), 454.
https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.70144 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
- Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
- Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
- jDATA.
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
- Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Horses
- Horse Diseases / drug therapy
- Horse Diseases / microbiology
- United Kingdom
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
- Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
- Humans
- Sentinel Surveillance / veterinary
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
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