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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Public Health
3060.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Public Health
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
8:30 AMEnvironmental and potential public health impacts of the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture  [ Recorded presentation ]
John Balbus, MD, MPH
8:45 AMAssociation between use of antimicrobial use in food animals and antimicrobial resistance among bacteria isolates from humans, and the human health consequences of such resistance  [ Recorded presentation ]
Fred Angulo, DVM, PhD, Stacy Holzbauer, DVM, MPH
9:00 AMCommunity exposures to antibiotic resistant bacteria associated with concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)
Ellen Silbergeld, PhD
9:15 AMAntimicrobial use in agriculture - public health and animal health impacts
Elizabeth Wagstrom, DVM, MS, DACVPM
9:30 AMAssessment of the public health benefits and risks of using antimicrobials in animal agriculture  [ Recorded presentation ]
H. Scott Hurd, DVM, PhD
9:45 AMPublic health and animal health impacts of the Danish policy banning antimicrobial growth promoter (AGP) use in Danish pork production
Jeff B. Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM, Peter Davies, BVSc, PhD, Elizabeth Wagstrom, DVM, MS, DACVPM
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Veterinary Public Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA