New regulations on veterinary medicines and medicated feed will substantially influence antimicrobial prescribing and usage throughout Europe into the future. These regulations have been informed by a very large body of work, including the substantial progress towards reduced antimicrobial usage in food animal production in a number of member states of the European Union (EU). This paper seeks to summarise European perspectives on efforts to reduce antimicrobial usage in food animal production. Work within the EU is informed by the global action plan of the World Health Organization, which includes a strategic objective to optimise the use of antimicrobial medicines in human and animal health. There is ongoing measurement of trends in antimicrobial usage and resistance throughout the EU, and detailed information on strategies to reduce the need to use antimicrobials in food animal production. Substantial scientific progress has been made on the measurement of antimicrobial usage, including at herd-level, and on the objective assessment of farm biosecurity. In a number of EU member states, monitoring systems for usage are well-established, allowing benchmarking for veterinarians and farms, and monitoring of national and industry-level trends. Several countries have introduced restrictions on antimicrobial prescribing and usage, including strategies to limit conflicts of interest around antimicrobial prescribing and usage. Further, a broad range of measures are being used across member states to reduce the need for antimicrobial usage in food animal production, focusing both at farm level and nationally. Veterinarians play a central role in the reduction of antimicrobial usage in farm animals. Ireland's National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-20 (iNAP) provides an overview of Ireland's commitment to the development and implementation of a holistic, cross-sectoral 'One Health' approach to the problem of antimicrobial resistance. The new regulations offer an important springboard for further progress, in order to preserve the efficacy of existing antimicrobials, which are a critical international resource.

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欧洲对减少食用动物生产中抗菌药物使用的努力的看法。

关于兽药和加药饲料的新法规将在未来对整个欧洲的抗菌药物处方和使用产生重大影响。这些法规是在大量工作的基础上制定的，其中包括欧盟 (EU) 一些成员国在减少食用动物生产中抗菌药物使用方面取得的实质性进展。本文旨在总结欧洲关于减少食用动物生产中抗菌药物使用的努力的观点。欧盟内部的工作以世界卫生组织的全球行动计划为指导，其中包括优化抗菌药物在人类和动物健康中的使用的战略目标。目前正在对整个欧盟抗菌药物的使用和耐药性趋势进行测量，并提供有关减少食用动物生产中抗菌药物使用的策略的详细信息。在衡量抗菌药物使用情况（包括畜群水平）以及农场生物安全的客观评估方面已经取得了实质性的科学进展。在许多欧盟成员国，已经建立了完善的使用监测系统，可以为兽医和农场制定基准，并监测国家和行业层面的趋势。一些国家对抗菌药物处方和使用实行了限制，包括限制抗菌药物处方和使用利益冲突的策略。此外，成员国正在采取广泛的措施来减少食用动物生产中抗菌药物的使用需求，重点是农场层面和国家层面。兽医在减少农场动物抗菌药物的使用方面发挥着核心作用。爱尔兰 2017-20 年抗菌素耐药性国家行动计划 (iNAP) 概述了爱尔兰致力于制定和实施全面、跨部门的“同一个健康”方法来解决抗菌素耐药性问题。新法规为进一步取得进展提供了重要的跳板，以保持现有抗菌药物的功效，而现有抗菌药物是重要的国际资源。