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Federal Register Notices
Cooperative Agreements
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CVM is funding cooperative agreements to study the microbiological
hazards associated with foods derived from animals, the
food animal production environment, and animal feeds.
Under Research activities,
the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), is funding cooperative
agreements to study the microbiological hazards associated
with foods derived from animals, the food animal production
environment, and animal feeds.
The Office
of Research (CVM OR) has developed research programs
in three distinct thematic areas; 1) antibiotic resistance
in zoonotic, foodborne bacterial pathogens; 2) antibiotic
resistance in the pre- and post-approval animal production
environments, and 3) the microbial quality of animal feeds.
Resistance
to antimicrobial agents, in zoonotic bacterial pathogens,
is directly related to CVM’s mission of regulating the safe
and effective use of drugs in food-producing animals. Intramural
and extramural research efforts have centered on programs
that are designed to identify and monitor antimicrobial
resistance associated with bacteria isolated from animals
raised for human consumption. These activities involve determining
susceptibility patterns of numerous veterinary bacterial
pathogens, foodborne pathogens, and commensals such as E.
coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter and Enterococcus. Current monitoring activities are focused
on retail meats, such as, ground beef, ground turkey, pork,
chicken and farm-raised fish.
CVM’s
research programs also focus on the selection for, and dissemination
of, antibiotic resistance within the animal production environment.
This involves monitoring animal production facilities,
and other animal associated areas, for the presence of zoonotic
bacterial pathogens, such as Campylobacter, E. coli, Salmonella, and Enterococcus, and determining the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of these
bacteria isolated from various sources.
CVM also
regulates animal feed. The ability of animal feed to serve as a vector for dissemination
of multi-resistant bacteria, both commensals and pathogens
is of concern because of the ease with which resistance
genes may be transferred between bacterial groups.
These studies involve characterizing the microbial
quality of animal feeds and the types of antimicrobial resistant
profiles seen in the bacteria isolated from animal feeds.
CVM’s
extramural research program is also designed to complement
and augment its intramural research plan. Current projects
are designed to elucidate the prevalence and risk factors
associated with the dissemination of antibiotic resistant
Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, and Enterococci within the animal production
environment. Other studies seek to adapt and validate microbial
detection methods, originally developed for use in food,
to use in analysis of environmental samples from animal
production environments.
CVM
Updates
Federal
Register Notices
Research Studies
on Microbiological Hazards Associated With the Food Animal
Production Environment; Availability of Cooperative Agreements;
Request for Applications Federal Register Notice, February
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Cooperative
Agreements
CVM
is funding cooperative agreements to study the microbiological
hazards associated with the food animal production environment,
which includes animal feeds. These projects may be funded
for up to three years depending on progress and the availability
of funds. Additional information about these agreements
is available from Dr. David B. Batson, Center for Veterinary
Medicine (HFV-502), Food and Drug Administration, 8401 Muirkirk
Road, Laurel, MD 20708, 301-827-8021.
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Monday, September 9, 2002 at 10:28 AM ET by swd
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