University of Nottingham - Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain

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Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain
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Overview

Explore how antibiotic use in farming contributes towards resistant bacteria in our food chain. What can we do about this issue?

Duration	3 weeks
Total fee	₹4,450
Mode of learning	Online
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Credential	Certificate

Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain
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Highlights

Earn a certificate from The University of Nottingham

Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain
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Course details

Skills you will learn

International trade Supply chain management

Who should do this course?

This course is for anyone with an interest in antibiotics, food and farming, and how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will affect our lives in the future

What are the course deliverables?

Describe the connection between antibiotic use and the development of antibiotic resistance.

Describe the mechanisms and dynamics of transfer of resistant bacteria within and along the food chain, as well as describe the environmental impact of the use of antimicrobials.

Appraise current legislation and policy in relation to controlling usage of antimicrobials in the food chain.

Identify alternative approaches to infection control not involving antibiotics.

Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain
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Curriculum

The mechanisms and transfer of antimicrobial resistance

Introduction to the Course

What are antibiotics?

Uses of antibiotics

How does resistance develop?

Transmissible antimicrobial resistance

Antibiotics in the food chain

Introduction to Week 2

AMR and the Food Chain

AMR and the Environment

AMR and International Trade

Antibiotic usage and control: Past, present and future

Introduction to Week 3

Past: History of AMR in the Food Chain

Present: What are we doing to address AMR?

Future: Further Opportunities for Control

Wrapping Up

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Faculty details

Robert Atterbury

Robert is a Lecturer in Microbiology at the University of Nottingham. He has spent over 17 years researching pathogenic bacteria and how biological agents (phages) can be used to control them.