CONSIDERATIONS ON RESISTANCE MONITORING I N ANIMAL HEALTH

This article describes conventional procedures which are used for susc eptibility testing of bacteria isolated from food producing animals ag ainst antiinfective substances. Interpretation of results obtained fro m the different test methods and the conditions necessary to conduct t hese tests in view of a meaningful resistance monitoring are discussed . Currently, published data about the resistance situation in veterina ry medicine are either not representative or have been determined unde r suboptimal conditions. In view of the public and often non-scientifi cally based discussion about bacterial resistance it is absolutely nec essary to generate a scientifically valid database.