As we enter the last 12 months of the project, below are some details of progress to date;

Empirical Work

Run a series of UK veterinarian focus groups

Carried out a National UK veterinarian questionnaire survey on diagnostic practice and antimicrobial use (2018/19)

Interviewed over 30 practicing farm animal veterinarians in England, Wales and Scotland (2019)

Undertaken a series of Interviews with veterinarians and livestock farmers in Tanzania (2018/19)

Run workshops with AMR policy actors in Tanzania (2018)

Carried out a series of interviews with diagnostic developer companies and regulators in UK

Run a UK national diagnostic developer workshop (2019)

Run Veterinarian workshops at international veterinarian conferences (BCVA, 2019)

Currently undertaking a series of interviews with cattle, pig and poultry farmers in England, Scotland and Wales

Currently establishing interviews with regulators and Food Chain actors

Planning a series of experimental trialling of new point-of-care diagnostic tools on selected livestock farms

Planning national and regional workshops with ‘end-users’ and ‘stakeholders’

Outputs

Analysis of national questionnaire survey of UK veterinarians

Research report on use of antimicrobials in Tanzanian livestock systems and strategies for more sustainable AM use practices

Papers presented at international conferences (Paris, London, New Orleans and elsewhere) 

Publishing peer reviewed research articles  (see 'News') 

Contributions to policy reviews in UK, Tanzania and elsewhere

Active collaboration with AMR research networks and projects

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