Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).

Catalog description

Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is designed to teach the fundamental concepts of AMR, its impact on animal health, and its spread from food production animals to humans and the wider environment. The specific topics covered in this course include AMR and One Health, AMR and mechanisms through which pathogenic bacteria acquire AMR genes, antibiotics used in livestock production, Food-producing and pet animal-associated zoonotic pathogens, and tools to study and survey AMR in veterinary medicine, as well as antibiotic alternative approaches. In addition, the relationship between animal microbiome and AMR will also be introduced. Dual-listing: ANSC 470 .