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Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week - Programme of Events
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Launch: Thursday, 18th November, 2021, at 7 pm, by Minister McConalogue T.D. in advance of evening webinar.
| Date and time | Description |
| Thursday 18th Nov, 19.00-20.30 - “Antimicrobial Resistance” | The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., will launch Animal Health and Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Week. This evening’s webinar will provide an overview of the connection between antibiotic usage and animal health, with perspectives from farmers, vets, doctors and researchers. |
| Monday 22nd Nov, 19.00-20.30 - “One Health focussing on zoonoses” | Minister of State for Agriculture with responsibility for land use and biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett will make the opening remarks. The webinar will describe the latest trends in important zoonotic diseases (animal diseases that can transfer to humans). It will include speakers from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the UK, the HSE, UCD and the Irish veterinary community. |
| Tuesday 23rd Nov, 19.00-20.30 - “Herd health, highlighting the importance of proactive herd health planning in maximising health and minimising anti-microbial usage” | Minister of State with responsibility for Research and Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development Martin Heydon T.D. will make the opening remarks. The webinar will present a variety of views on herd health from a Nuffield Farming Scholar, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Animal Health Ireland and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. |
| Wednesday 24th Nov, 19.00-20.30 - “Emerging disease threats” | The final webinar will include some very interesting speakers who will give their views and speak of lessons learned regarding foot and mouth disease, bluetongue virus, low pathogenic avian influenza and antimicrobial resistance. There will also be a talk on the veterinary contribution to Covid modelling. Speakers come from Harper Adams University, UCD, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland, Animal Health Ireland, and the National Disease Control Centre of this Department. Minister McConalogue will make the closing remarks to close the week’s proceedings. |
Department speakers will appear as guests on several podcasts to be released during Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, according to the following schedule:
1. Thursday, 11th November, 2021 - Vetspace podcast
“Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2021.” Damien Barrett and Caroline Garvan, Superintending Veterinary Inspectors, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
2. Monday, 15th November, 2021 - Dairy Edge podcast
“Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2021- the dairy perspective.” Damien Barrett and Caroline Garvan, Superintending Veterinary Inspectors, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
3. Monday, 15th November, 2021 - Pig Edge podcast
“Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2021- the pig perspective .” Damien Barrett and Caroline Garvan, Superintending Veterinary Inspectors, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
4. Monday, 15th November, 2021 - The Environmental Edge podcast
“Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2021- the sustainability perspective.” Damien Barrett and Caroline Garvan, Superintending Veterinary Inspectors, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
5. Wednesday, 17th November, 2021 - Beef Edge podcast
“Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2021- the beef perspective.” Damien Barrett and Caroline Garvan, Superintending Veterinary Inspectors, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
6. Thursday, 18th November, 2021 - The Dairy Webinar,
“Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2021- the dairy perspective.” Damien Barrett Superintending Veterinary Inspectors, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
7. Friday, 19th November, 2021 - Ovicast (sheep) podcast
“Animal Health and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2021” Damien Barrett and Caroline Garvan, Superintending Veterinary Inspectors, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Department vets will be appearing as guests on various radio shows, including local radio farming programmes, during the week.
Several third level education institutions have agreed to host lectures on animal health awareness for their students during Animal Health Awareness Week. Most lectures will be delivered remotely. Participating institutions include Teagasc agricultural colleges, Athlone IT, Dundalk IT, IT Carlow, IT Waterford, Letterkenny IT, University College Dublin and St. John’s College, Cork.
Watch out for our tweets, Facebook posts and Linked In posts throughout the week! We encourage you to like and share to spread the word about this important initiative.