2.2 Benefits of surveillance
To understand the benefits of surveillance, it is useful to consider:
- the source of the data (food-producing animals, food animal products, feed or environment)
- the bacterial target or focus of the investigation (pathogenic bacteria for the animal; commensal and zoonotic bacteria)
- the scope of the surveillance (farm level, national, industry or environment).
2.1 Purposes of AMR surveillance and monitoring in animals