2013 Antibiotic Symposia Welcome/Recap of Chicago, IL 2011 and Columbus, OH 2012 - Dr. Leah Dorman, Senior Director of Animal and Food Policy, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, from the 2013 NIAA Symposium Bridging the Gap Between Animal Health and Human Health, November 12-14, 2013, Kansas City, MO, USA. More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2013-niaa-antibiotics-bridging-the-gap-animal-health-human-health

1. Leah C. Dorman, DVM
Senior Director of Animal & Food Policy
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
NIAA Board of Directors

2. Disclosures/Transparency
• I do not have relevant financial relationship
with commercial interests
BUT,….
• I am a farm wife/mom
• I am a veterinarian
• I work for a farm member organization that
lobbies
• I am a board member of NIAA
• I care about this issue, but am NOT an
antibiotic resistance expert

4. NIAA Mission…
• The mission of the National Institute for
Animal Agriculture is to provide a forum for
building consensus and advancing solutions
for animal agriculture and to provide
continuing education and communication
linkages to animal agriculture professionals.

5. Some History

6. 2011 Antibiotic Symposium

7. Antibiotic Use in Food Animals:
A Dialogue for a Common Purpose
Key point: Need for dialogue
going forward.

9. 13-15

10. The Convergence: A New Public Health
Kaleidoscope Emphasizing One Health
Human
Health
Animal
Health
Environmental
Health

11. One Health - Partnership

13. The scale and complexity of animal
and human medical problems
embedded in a changing
environment, demand that scientists
move beyond the confines of their
own disciplines and explore new
organizational models for team
science.

14. •Turning adversaries into
partners
•shift from intractable issue to
new perspectives and options

15. Getting over it!
• Goals of the symposium:
– Lead and engage participants in an open
conversation
– Build relationships with other sectors and gain
better understanding of other perspectives
– Begin to find common ground and formulate a
path forward
– Focus on continuous improvement & commitment
to long term health

16. Who was there?
(Primary focus)
43%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Public health
Animal health
Environmental health
Production agriculture
Pharmaceutical
Other
19%
14%
15%
9%
0%
1
2
3
4
5
6

17. Who was there?
(Primary Organizational Context)
29%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Academia
Government
Food animal production
industry
Support industries (e.g.
pharmaceutical, herbicides,
etc.)
Commodity organization
Media
Private practice
Other
19%
16%
12%
11%
5%
4%
1
2
3
4
5
6
4%
7
8

18. The use of antibiotics in food animals leads to
increased antimicrobial resistance in humans.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
36%
34%
19%
7%
4%
1
2
3
4
5

19. Food &Animal Issues Action Team
Goals/Objectives
• Foster an environment for unity among
agricultural interests
• Encourage fundraising to support agricultural
practice advocacy **NEED INFO**
• Complete action team achievement award
application

20. ONE HEALTH
One Health is the collaborative effort
of multiple disciplines – working
locally, nationally and globally - to
attain optimal health of humans,
animals and our environment

24. I am satisfied with what we
accomplished at this conference.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
57%
22%
13%
7%
0%
1
2
3
4
5

25. This conference design enabled us
to be productive.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
62%
22%
11%
6%
0%
1
2
3
4
5

26. My attitudes about antimicrobial resistance
have changed as a result of this conference.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
44%
20%
20%
14%
3%
1
2
3
4
5

27. This conference will have a
positive impact.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
50.77%
29.23%
10.77%
9.23%
0%
1
2
3
4
5

28. Never doubt that a small
group of thoughtful,
committed people can
change the world;
indeed it is the only
thing that ever has
- Margaret Mead

29. In this time of
enormous change and
challenge, comes
enormous opportunity.
-E. Gordon

31. The END
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