Project: Veterinary Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

Acronym	VetCAST (Reference Number: JPIAMR_2016_N002)
Duration	01/01/2017 - 31/12/2017
Project Topic	The current quality standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of veterinary pathogens are far from being optimal or complete, making the predictive value of susceptibility data in veterinary diagnostics questionable. The absence of sufficient animal species-specific breakpoints affects the possibility for veterinary practitioners to prescribe antibiotics rationally, because there is no basis for determining whether a bacterial strain is clinically resistant or not. The development of animal-specific breakpoints helps in preventing misuse of antibiotics in animals. The objectives of VetCAST are:  To define science based clinical MIC-breakpoints (CBPs) in order to harmonise the results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of veterinary pathogens in Europe  To provide a joint European forum for veterinary microbiologists, pharmacologists and clinicians working in research, public health and animal healthcare, including both public and private organizations to promote the importance of harmonized veterinary AST
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Network	JPI AMR
Call	4th Joint Call: Research Networking Programmes

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Wageningen University & Research	Coordinator	Netherlands
2	Wageningen University & Research	Observer	Netherlands
3	University of Copenhagen	Observer	Denmark
4	Royal Veterinary College	Observer	United Kingdom
5	L'Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Tolouse	Observer	France
6	European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases	Observer	Switzerland
7	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Netherlands
8	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Italy
9	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Italy
10	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Germany
11	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Italy
12	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Italy
13	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Sweden
14	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Netherlands
15	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Netherlands
16	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Italy
17	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Switzerland
18	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Sweden
19	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Germany
20	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Belgium
21	Non-funded Partner	Observer	United Kingdom
22	Non-funded Partner	Observer	France
23	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Germany
24	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Netherlands
25	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Czech Republic
26	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Denmark
27	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Denmark
28	Non-funded Partner	Observer	France
29	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Czech Republic
30	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Spain
31	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Germany
32	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Switzerland
33	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Croatia
34	Non-funded Partner	Observer	United Kingdom
35	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Denmark
36	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Denmark
37	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Denmark
38	Non-funded Partner	Observer	United Kingdom
39	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Spain
40	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Italy
41	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Norway
42	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Italy
43	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Netherlands
44	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Italy
45	Non-funded Partner	Observer	United Kingdom
46	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Sweden
47	Non-funded Partner	Observer	United Kingdom
48	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Czech Republic
49	Non-funded Partner	Observer	Denmark
50	Non-funded Partner	Observer	France
51	Non-funded Partner	Observer	United Kingdom