Tracking Antibiotic Resistance in Feedlot Pathogens

The Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) has conducted antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in cattle entering packing plants and retail beef since the mid-2000s. The surveillance of antimicrobial use (AMU) and resistance in feedlot cattle started in 2019. Given that PHAC is primarily focused on human health, its surveillance efforts are directed toward AMR in bacteria found in the intestinal tracts of