Réduction de l’utilisation des antibiotiques en filières animales : Quelles mesures, quels résultats, quelles perspectives ?

Numéro "Rationaliser l’usage des médicaments en élevage" ; National audience ; Promoting responsible and prudent use of antibiotics is a key focus of international, European and national action plans to combat antibioticresistance. Many recommendations and measures aim to reduce the use of antibiotics by reserving their use in cases where it is strictly necessary.n a « One Health » approach, the European Medicines Agency has established a categorization of antibiotics for veterinary use taking into accountboth the risk to human health and the needs for animal health. It is indeed particularly important to preserve antibiotics that are considered criti-cally important for the treatment of bacterial diseases in humans. Since 2011, national objectives have been defined in order to reduce the use ofantibiotics in veterinary medicine in France. Initiatives taken by the animal sectors and the Ecoantibio plans have created a dynamic enabling toachieve these objectives. France is one of the European countries that has decreased the most the use of 3rd and 4th generation cephalosporinsand fluoroquinolones in recent years. Also, the new European veterinary regulations provide a set of measures to better supervise and reduce theuse of certain antibiotics in livestock farming. Measuring and monitoring antimicrobial use helps promote prudent use of antibiotics and assessthe effectiveness of actions carried out in this regard. This article presents different systems for measuring the use of antibiotics that have beendeveloped by different actors in the fight against antibiotic resistance. ; Promouvoir un usage responsable et prudent des antibiotiques est un axe clé des plans d’action internationaux, européens et nationaux pour lutter contre l’antibiorésistance. De nombreuses recommandations et mesures visent à diminuer l’utilisation des antibiotiques en réservant leur usage dans les cas où il est strictement nécessaire. Dans une approche « Une seule santé », l’Agence européenne des médicaments a établi une catégorisation des ...