date:Jun 28, 2013
to create a farm surveillance program that would collect data on drug use and resistance.
Health Canadas Veterinary Drugs Directorate discourages non-therapeutic use of Category I antibiotics (including ciprofloxacin) in food-producing animals.
This report follows a study earlier this month declaring ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella a rare but growing concern in Canada, and another out of Europe and Africa that found rising levels of resistant Salmonella in North Africa and the Middle East.