RISK MANAGEMENT OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
cod. 1009241

Anno accademico 2023/24
2° anno di corso - Secondo semestre
Docente
Andrea BARBAROSSA
Settore scientifico disciplinare
Farmacologia e tossicologia veterinaria (VET/07)
Ambito
A scelta dello studente
Tipologia attività formativa
A scelta dello studente
24 ore
di attività frontali
3 crediti
sede: UNIBO
insegnamento
in INGLESE

Modulo dell'insegnamento integrato: ONE HEALTH IN FOOD SAFETY

Obiettivi formativi

Students will be familiar with the basic concepts of antibiotics, their mechanisms of action and resistance, as well as their use in food producing animals. The strategies implemented at local, national and international scale to fight antimicrobial resistance will be illustrated and discussed. Students will be aware of the role of both food and environment for the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance. Students will understand which preventive measures can be applied to contain antimicrobial resistance.

Prerequisiti

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Contenuti dell'insegnamento

• Antimicrobial resistance in food-producing animals
• The transfer of antimicrobial resistance from food to humans
• The role of the environment in the antimicrobial resistance issue
• Management of antimicrobial resistance
• Biosecurity, prevention and animal welfare

Programma esteso

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Bibliografia

Lectures slides
Scientific papers
Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria from Livestock and Companion Animals [Edited by Frank Møller Aarestrup, Stefan Schwarz, Jianzhong Shen, and Lina Cavaco], 2018, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC

Metodi didattici

Oral lectures, scientific seminaries
Teaching tools
Personal computer, projector

Modalità verifica apprendimento

This course is part of the integrated subject “One health in food safety”, which also includes “Risk management of zoonotic parasites along the food chain”. Final grading of the entire integrated course is calculated as an average of the scores obtained in the two courses “Risk management of zoonotic parasites along the food chain” and “Risk management of antimicrobial resistance”. The multiple-choice test will allow to verify the knowledge of the student on all the topics covered during the course.

Altre informazioni

Links to further information
www.ema.europa.eu
www.efsa.europa.eu
Office hours
See the website of Andrea Barbarossa

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