Nicola Williams, Professor in Zoonotic Bacterial Disease at the University of Liverpool, is the latest expertto join an independent scientific group which advises on the…
July 2, 2019
RUMA News
June 28, 2019
RUMA welcomes farming industry wins at 2019 Antibiotic Guardian awards
A record number of entries for the Animal Health, Agriculture and Food Supply category in the 2019 Antibiotic Guardian Awards culminated in Kite Consulting and…
May 30, 2019
RUMA welcomes further fall in UK pig sector’s antibiotic use
The latest antibiotic usage data for the UK pig sector has been announced today (30 May) by AHDB, showing further reductions throughout 2018 to 110…
May 20, 2019
Farm medicines conference line-up to include leading U.S. investigative journalist
Some of the farming industry’s biggest challengers have been announced as speakers at this year’s Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) conference, to be…
March 31, 2019
Response to BBC Countryfile story on ionophores
The BBC’s misrepresentation of ionophore coccidiostats in the media today is disappointing, not least because of the important and entirely legitimate role coccidiostats play in…
February 1, 2019
Auctioneers and dairy beef businesses support 2019 #ColostrumIsGold
The Livestock Auctioneers Association (LAA) and two of the UK’s biggest integrated beef rearing businesses, ABP Blade Farming and Meadow Quality, have announced their support…
January 31, 2019
RUMA response to the 2019 One Health report
We welcome the “UK One Health Report: antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in animals and humans” report published today (31 January), a long-awaited review of…
January 26, 2019
Additional statement concerning the communication of new Government AMR strategy
RUMA has been forced to issue a clarification following a number of misleading media reports covering the launch of the Government’s new AMR strategy published…
January 24, 2019
New Government AMR vision welcomed by UK farm livestock industry
A focus on animal health and disease prevention within the UK Government’s new cross-departmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR) action plan, launched today (24 January) by Secretary…
January 14, 2019
Eminent medical researcher joins RUMA scientific group
Professor Sharon Peacock CBE, Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), has joined the Independent Scientific Group which…