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The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), produced two videos, "Keeping Up Our Guard" (for veterinarians) and "Safeguarding America's Health" (for livestock producers). Both videos were produced as a result of the President's Food Safety Initiative, which among other initiatives, specifically calls for programs to educate veterinarians and livestock producers about food safety. The videos incorporate the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA's) set of fifteen judicious use principles that are designed to reduce the potential threat to human health from resistant bacteria developed from the use of antimicrobials in food animals. The AVMA and the National Pork Board provided technical assistance in the production of the videos.  

Excerpts from both videos can be viewed with the Windows Media Player or QuickTime.

• Keeping Up Our Guard - A 59 second excerpt
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• Safeguarding America's Health - A 61 second excerpt
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