Rebecca Flancman
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PhD in antimicrobial resistance and MSc in the microbiome. Here for cats, dogs, science news, and facts.
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This is an interesting contrast to work published last year by Hackmann et al., which found that co-carriage of genetically indistinguishable MDROs between pets and owners was extremely rare(1/400). Sharing of ARGs obviously occurs, but transmission dynamics are notoriously difficult to sort out.
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This session takes place on Canada's National Truth and Reconciliation Day as part of CAN-AMR-Net's commitment to Indigenous knowledge and engagement throughout its training programming.
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🌍 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is Nov 18-24, 2025.

CAN-AMR-Net encourages all seminar series attendees to join the 4th annual AMR Symposium Nov 18-19 at The Quay in Toronto and online.

Learn more:
tinyurl.com/CANLkdIn amrsymposium.com

#AMR #IDSky #OneHealth #PublicHealth #WAAW
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Nevertheless, I am encouraged by the data. If prescribers of antimicrobials - across sectors - work together with their clients/patients, we can hopefully make some demonstrable progress in curbing the spread of AMR while still ensuring the health and well-being of humans and animals alike.
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While my findings were not as dramatic or clear-cut as I had initially hoped they would be, they reinforce the notion that the etiology of AMR is complex as well as represent a starting point for future policy evaluation research (we need more data over time).
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It's not often in the animal world that we get to evaluate the effects of an intervention, so it was really exciting to do a deep dive on this, especially since the antimicrobial use reduction was turned into prescription guidance that was adopted by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association.