Acknowledgements

This free course was collaboratively written by Skye Badger and Judith Taylor, and reviewed by Lucy Brunton, Claire Gordon, Natalie Moyen, Peter Taylor and Hilary MacQueen. The course was reviewed and updated by Maria Garza Valles,Vikki Haley and Rachel McMullan in 2025.

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Images

Course image: magic pictures/Shutterstock.

Figure 1: WOAH (2017). Reproduced with permission.

Figure 2: cheechew/iStock/Getty Images Plus.

Figure 3: ‘Veterinary antimicrobial stewardship: more than just a prescription’, FAAST, https://www.amstewardship.ca/ video/ veterinary-antimicrobial-stewardship-more-than-just-a-prescription/.

Figure 4 (pills): freestocks/Unsplash.

Figure 5: © 2023 Mulchandani et al.

Figures 6 and 7: ‘Why does antimicrobial stewardship matter and who is responsible?’, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, https://www.futurelearn.com/ info/ courses/ antimicrobial-stewardship-in-veterinary-practice/ 0/ steps/ 65398.

Figure 8: adapted from ‘Antimicrobial stewardship for a sustainable tomorrow’, FAAST, https://www.amstewardship.ca/ video/ antimicrobial-stewardship-for-a-sustainable-tomorrow/.

Figure 9: Matthew Maaskant/FreeImages.com.

Figure 10: Messacar et al. (2017).

Figure 11: WOAH (2019) ‘WOAH Global Conference on Aquatic Animal Health’, https://youtu.be/ 77s3sfZbrpg?t=23370. Reproduced with permission.

Tables

Table 1: adapted from WOAH (2019). Reproduced with permission.

Table 2: World Health Organization.

Table 3: based on MLA (2018).

Table 5: adapted from WOAH (2016). Reproduced with permission.

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