9/30/2021: 

The monitoring of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacterial pathogens of animals is currently not coordinated at European level. To fill this gap, experts of the European Union Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (EU-JAMRAI) recommended building the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance network in Veterinary medicine (EARS-Vet). Therefore the national monitoring systems for AMR in bacterial pathogens of animals among 27 countries affiliated to EU-JAMRAI were identified, their structures and operations described and their respective strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analyzed. This provided useful information, about which you can read in this article to which our GD colleagues Jobke van Hout and Annet Heuvelink have contributed.