Comparing farm biosecurity and antimicrobial use in high-antimicrobial-consuming broiler and pig farms in the Belgian-Dutch border region

As antimicrobial resistance is a worldwide problem, threatening both livestock and public health, understanding the drivers for resistance in different settings and countries is essential. Therefore, 30 pig and 30 poultry farms with country-specific high antimicrobial use (AMU) were recruited in the Belgian-Dutch border region. Information regarding production parameters, farm characteristics, biosecurity, and AMU was collected. On average, more biosecurity measures were implemented on Dutch farms, compared to Belgian farms in both animal species. In addition, more opportunities were found to increase the level of internal biosecurity compared to external biosecurity in both countries. AMU, quantified as treatment incidence (TI), differed marginally significant between broiler farms in Belgium and the Netherlands (median BE: 8; NL: 3), whereas in weaned piglets (median BE: 45 and NL: 14) and finishing pigs (median BE: 5 and NL: 1), there was a substantial difference in AMU between farms from both countries. Overall, Dutch farms showed less between-farm variation in TI than did Belgian farms. In both poultry and pig production, the majority of antimicrobials used were extended-spectrum penicillins (BE: 32 and 40%; NL: 40 and 24% for poultry and pigs, respectively). Compared to Belgian farms, Dutch poultry farms used high amounts of (fluoro)quinolones (1 and 15% of total AMU, respectively). None of the production parameters between broiler farms differed significantly, but in pig production, weaning age in Belgian farms (median: 23) was lower than in Dutch farms (median: 27). These results indicate considerable room for improvement in both countries and animal species. Farm-specific preventive strategies can contribute to lowering the risk for animal disease and hence the need for AMU

La dermo-cosmétique stérile de Pierre Fabre : un procédé de production innovant au service des peaux sensibles

Le marché de la Cosmétique est en pleine révolution avec une demande de plus en plus forte pour des cosmétiques efficaces, sûrs à l’emploi et de très bonne qualité. Dans ce marché en pleine croissance et enregistrant un taux d’augmentation de 8% suite à la pandémie Covid-19, on remarque l’émergence de produit se réclamant à la croisée des soins et de la beauté : les dermo cosmétiques. Dans cette quête de produits à valeur ajoutée ainsi que sain pour la peau, le marché de la cosmétique s’est réinventé pour proposer des formules à base d’ingrédients naturels, biologiques et dépourvu de substances néfastes pour la peau. C’est dans cette offre que se retrouvent les personnes aux peaux sensibles qui sont caractérisées par des peaux particulièrement réactives face à des stimuli jugés habituellement anodins. Malheureusement ces produits peuvent contenir des substances allergisantes et irritantes qui sont susceptibles de déclencher ou d’entretenir des symptômes cutanés pour les peaux sensibles. On retrouvera parmi ces substances l’alcool, les parfums ou les conservateurs. Parmi ces ingrédients les agents conservateurs sont reconnus comme la deuxième cause de sensibilisation auprès des peaux sensibles. Dans ce contexte, et pour répondre au besoin de cette population, des laboratoires tels que Dermatherm ou Pierre Fabre ont développé une gamme de produits spécifiques stériles sans conservateurs. Leur production est basée sur un procédé de stérilisation à ultra haute température. Il s’agit d’un procédé exigeant faisant appel à des technologies complexes comme l’infusion et la répartition en milieu aseptique

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SNAPSIS : software for GNSS and DGNSS performance analysis Application to civil aviation for precision approach

Communication to : DSNS 94, third international conference on differential satellite navigation systems, Canary Wharf, London (G.B.), April 18-22, 1994SIGLEAvailable at INIST (FR), Document Supply Service, under shelf-number : 22419, issue : a.1994 n.60 / INIST-CNRS - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et TechniqueFRFranc

The ADKAR® change management model for farmer profiling with regard to antimicrobial stewardship in livestock production

Antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary practice and animal production is important from a One Health perspective. The ADKAR® change management model is a well-known strategy to implement behavioral change in people and small businesses. The objective of this study was to adapt the existing ADKAR® change management model to enable herd veterinarians to profile farmers with regard to antimicrobial stewardship. Therefore, an antimicrobial stewardship related scoring scale was defined. Subsequently, ADKAR® profiles of 26 poultry and 28 pig farmers from Belgium and the Netherlands were determined. For 57% of the farmers, perception and/or motivation were expected to limit successful change. For 70% of the farmers, knowledge and for 52% of the farmers, a lack of ability were the limiting factor. The ADKAR® model proved useful for identifying the key elements that prevent successful behavioral change in farmers to reduce the use of antibiotics in farm animals