The third biennial RUMA conference held at Sainsbury’s Conference Centre in central London celebrated success, but also examinined some weighty challenges ahead, including resistance to…
October 31, 2019
RUMA News
October 30, 2019
Targets update shows further progress towards farm antibiotic goals – but with more to do
Two years after industry-led targets for antibiotic use were identified for all main farm livestock species in the UK, a second annual review of progress…
October 17, 2019
Red Tractor change cuts highest priority antibiotics by 92% in study
Changes made to the Red Tractor assurance scheme standards for cattle and sheep last summer are driving further significant reductions in use of highest-priority critically…
October 4, 2019
Farm vaccine use rises in bid to cut antibiotics further
Vaccination of the UK’s calves and sheep against livestock diseases has risen to one of the highest levels in seven years. The rise in agricultural…
September 22, 2019
Farm antibiotics task force refreshed in preparation for new targets
A task force set up by the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance in 2016 to identify targets for antibiotic use in UK…
September 13, 2019
Last call for Early Bird tickets for RUMA conference
With the final programme for RUMA’s third biennial conference on 29 October now published, it has been confirmed that early bird ticket sales at the…
September 12, 2019
British poultry maintains low antibiotic use in 2018
RUMA has welcomed the publishing of 2018 antibiotic usage data collected through the British Poultry Stewardship programme. Despite increased disease challenges during 2018, the British…
July 29, 2019
Farm medicine stewardship efforts join up across the UK
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) are the latest organisations to join the Responsible Use of Medicines in…
July 26, 2019
Sheep and cattle make progress on antibiotic-use ‘metrics’
A new standardised way to measure the amount of antibiotics used on-farm have been announced by the Sheep Antibiotic Guardian Group (SAGG), a sub-group of…
July 2, 2019
Specialist in zoonotic disease joins scientific group
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…