Changing antimicrobial use in animal production Ideas to set up interventions for more prudent antimicrobial use in animal production

In animal production, changes in antimicrobial use (AMU) are needed to prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, there is no “onesize-fits-all” solution to encourage and facilitate prudent AMU. Methods, strategies, actors, and monitoring systems must be contextually developed. Many decisions, actions and physical circumstances are involved when the use of antimicrobials should be changed, therefore altered AMU requires changes at several levels. From reviewing the scientific literature on interventions to change AMU, some key factors for successful change were identified