Using Feedlot Records to Control Antimicrobial Resistance

Abstract

Records are an essential component of herd health programs and beef quality assurance programs. They are used to optimize production efficiency and monitor and verify procedures for beef quality and food safety. Recently, health organizations around the world have stated that production records required to show prudent drug use by veterinarians and producers. The development of resistance in zoonotic organisms may be promoted by the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in animals. Therefore, treatment records are required to show the public that antimicrobials are used judiciously in food animal production for clinical and production efficacy, while minimizing antimicrobial resistance impacts on human health.