Catherine (Cat) McLaughlin has been elected new chair of RUMA, the UK agriculture and food industry alliance which promotes responsible use of medicines in farm…
March 6, 2020
RUMA News
January 31, 2020
New antibiotics advice highlights need for range of veterinary antibiotics to treat disease
New scientific advice issued this week (28 January) by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on risk categorisation of antibiotics for use in animals has been…
October 31, 2019
VIDEO: Third RUMA conference faces up to new challenges
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 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…