Use of antimicrobials in animals trends downwards.

Fundamental to the WOAH's global approach of data collection and evaluation of antimicrobial use in animals is to advance the One Health agenda, together with its partners. Partially a natural process, antimicrobial resistance can be greatly accelerated by the overuse or misuse of antimicrobials, which the WOAH explains can exert selective pressure for pathogens with resistance traits to survive and thrive. The use of antimicrobials in animals across the world has shown an overall decrease of 27% between 2016 and 2018, according to the data reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE). [Extracted from the article]