Antimicrobial use and resistance: AVMA policies
The AVMA has a wide range of policies related to the use of antimicrobials in veterinary medicine:
- Aminoglycoside use in cattle and small ruminants
- Antimicrobial stewardship definition and core principles
- Antimicrobial use guidelines for veterinary practice
- Continuous monitoring of antimicrobial use and resistance: Joint AVMA-FVE-CVMA statement
- Definitions of antimicrobial use for treatment, control and prevention
- Drug products: Withdrawal of FDA approval
- Extralabel use of medicated feeds, including VFD drugs, for minor species
- FARAD program support
- Food safety
- Judicious therapeutic use of antimicrobials
- Limited prohibition on extralabel drug use
- National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)
- Pharmaceutical disposal: Best management practices
- Residues in foods of animal origin: Veterinarian notification
- Responsible and judicious use of antimicrobials: Joint AVMA-FVE-CVMA statement
- Support for the collection of antimicrobial use data for antimicrobial stewardship
Species-specific
- Aquatic animal medicine: Judicious therapeutic use of antimicrobials in
- Aquatic animal therapeutic agents
- Cats and dogs: AAFP/AAHA antimicrobial stewardship guidelines
- Cattle: AABP judicious therapeutic use of antimicrobials
- American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) judicious use of antimicrobials guidelines
- Poultry: AAAP guidelines for judicious therapeutic use of antimicrobials
- Swine: AASV basic guidelines of judicious therapeutic use
- Food-producing animals: Approval and availability of antimicrobials
- Small ruminants: American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners' (AASRP) stewardship guidelines