Electronic medicines book: Using antimicrobial usage data effectively

Find out how to maximise the benefits of having antibiotic data on the electronic medicines book (eMB).

We will demonstrate the added value that both vets and farmers can gain from centralised antibiotic usage data – benefits that will be applicable in the future from the ruminant Medicine Hub.

We will discuss how to maximise the value of the eMB and how to use this in your discussions with producers to underpin preventative health strategies and facilitate conversations about antimicrobial usage.

If you are a farm animal vet who sees pigs – whether routinely or occasionally – this webinar is for you.

This webinar is being jointly run by Farm Vet Champions, the Pig Veterinary Society and AHDB.

Agenda

• Understand what the electronic Medicine Book (eMB) is
• Learn how eMB data can be retrieved and analysed at a national level and also on a specific practice or farm level
• Case studies – understand the benefits of using this data to make clinical recommendations in practice settings
• Build your confidence using antibiotic data in discussions with producers
• Q&A

Speakers

• Fiona Lovatt, RCVS Knowledge Farm Vet Champion Clinical Lead (Chair)
• Dr Alex Thomsett BVetMed (Hons) DPM MRCVS, Director of The George Veterinary Group, Vice President of the Pig Veterinary Society and Chair of the society’s medicines sub-group
• Jennifer Newman, Lead Livestock Science Data Specialist at AHDB
• Richard Pearson BVSc MRCVS, Director of the George Veterinary Group

Electronic Medicine Book

The electronic Medicine Book for pigs (eMB) is a UK-wide service for the collection of data on antibiotic usage in the pig sector and, optionally, acts as the full legal medicine book for the pig holding.

Provided and managed by AHDB, the eMB can be of huge value to veterinary practices and individual pig producers as a tool to review and manage antimicrobial usage.

Data from eMB can be combined with other information, such as vaccination strategies and health monitoring, to strengthen discussions with pig producers around animal health and welfare.

Inputting antimicrobial usage data is a farm assurance requirement, but monitoring and benchmarking medicine use is beneficial for all producers.