452 | Veterinary Record | May 5, 2012 News & Reports ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE FVE raises concerns about antimicrobial resistance meeting THE president of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe has written to the secretary-general of the Council of the European Union to express the FVE’s disappointment about the way a recent conference on antimicrobial resistance was set up and run. The FVE’s letter refers to a meeting, ‘Combating antimicrobial resistance – time for joint action’, which was organised under the auspices of the current Danish presidency of the EU by the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Danish Ministry of Health, with support from the EC’s Directorate General for Health and Consumers. It was held in Copenhagen on March 14 and 15. The programme for the meeting noted: ‘The dangers of excessive use of antimicrobials have been known for decades and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in Europe is undisputed. Research has documented a link between the consumption of antibiotics in animals and resistance development in humans. This calls for collaboration between the human and veterinary sectors across the EU. Innovative ideas and exchanging of best practice are needed. In other words; it is time to take action!’ In its letter, the FVE, while welcoming the initiative of the Danish presidency in organising the conference, said that it had been expecting an open and active debate about joint action from the human and veterinary sectors, as suggested by the conference title. ‘However, in our opinion this was not the case,’ it said. ‘The selection of speakers was not well balanced. Veterinarians were never given the floor to express the position of their profession. Furthermore, the way discussions were led frustrated a fruitful and constructive debate. We believe the conference turned out to be a missed opportunity.’ The FVE said that it seriously questioned the value of the conclusions drawn from the meeting, and believed that it would be wrong to have such conclusions adopted by the Council of the EU. doi: 10.1136/vr.e3117 group.bmj.com on July 14, 2014 - Published by veterinaryrecord.bmj.com Downloaded from

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452 | Veterinary Record | May 5, 2012

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FVE raises concerns about antimicrobial resistance meetingTHE president of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe has written to the secretary-general of the Council of the European Union to express the FVE’s disappointment about the way a recent conference on antimicrobial resistance was set up and run.

The FVE’s letter refers to a meeting, ‘Combating antimicrobial resistance – time for joint action’, which was organised under the auspices of the current Danish presidency of the EU by the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Danish Ministry of Health, with support from the EC’s Directorate General for Health and Consumers. It was held in Copenhagen on March 14 and 15. The

programme for the meeting noted: ‘The dangers of excessive use of antimicrobials have been known for decades and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in Europe is undisputed. Research has documented a link between the consumption of antibiotics in animals and resistance development in humans. This calls for collaboration between the human and veterinary sectors across the EU. Innovative ideas and exchanging of best practice are needed. In other words; it is time to take action!’

In its letter, the FVE, while welcoming the initiative of the Danish presidency in organising the conference, said that it had been expecting an open and active

debate about joint action from the human and veterinary sectors, as suggested by the conference title. ‘However, in our opinion this was not the case,’ it said. ‘The selection of speakers was not well balanced. Veterinarians were never given the floor to express the position of their profession. Furthermore, the way discussions were led frustrated a fruitful and constructive debate. We believe the conference turned out to be a missed opportunity.’

The FVE said that it seriously questioned the value of the conclusions drawn from the meeting, and believed that it would be wrong to have such conclusions adopted by the Council of the EU.

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