The Danish experience in reducing antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance is often highlighted as the good example around the world. Denmark was the first country in the world where antimicrobial growth promoters were banned on a scientific basis.
Denmark was also the first country to establish a national farm-to-fork surveillance of both the use of antimicrobials in people and animals and the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in animals, people and foods. The DTU National Food Institute has been involved from the start and has since 1995 carried out research and participated in international surveillance of antimicrobial use and resistance.
Professor, Head of Research Group Frank Møller Aarestrup has played a leading role on this mission. He has just received the Walter Frei Award by The Vetsuisse Faculty at the University of Zurich for his contribution to international standards for the detection and monitoring of antibiotic resistance and the use of antimicrobial agents.
The Walter Frei Prize - named after the erstwhile director of the Institute of Veterinary Pathology at the University of Zurich - is awarded every two or three years for outstanding achievements in research in veterinary medicine.
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Read more about the Walther Frei Prize at University of Zurichs website in the article: 190 Years of the University of Zurich: Honorary Doctorates for Six Women and One Man .
Read more about antimicrobial resistance in a topic site at the DTU National Food Institute’s website
