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Agenda for January 25-26, 1999 VMAC Meeting

January 25
8:30 Introductions
8:45 Dr. Henney or Dr. Friedman - Introductory Remarks
9:00 DHHS Representative - Introductory Remarks
9:15 Dr. Sundlof - Need for Addressing Issue, Overview of Framework Document, and Questions Posed
10:00 Dr. Goldberger, CDER - Presentation on Human Importance
10:20 Break
10:40 Dr. Miller - Evaluating the Potential Exposure of Humans; Pathogen Load and Antibiotic Resistance Issues
11:00 Dr. Tollefson - Brief Overview of NARMS, Limitations, and Need for On-Farm Studies
  Guest Speakers
11:20
David Bell, CDC ( Need for Addressing Issue, Benefits and Mechanisms of Establishing Threshold Levels)
12:00 Lunch
  Guest Speakers (cont'd)
1:00 Dr. Scott McEwen, University of Guelph, Canada (Risk Assessment)
1:30 Dr. Patricia Lieberman, CSPI (Overview of CSPI Report Recommendations Relevant to Use of Antimicrobials in Food Animals)
2:00 Dr. Lyle Vogel, AVMA (Need for Safe and Effective Antimicrobials for Food Animals, and AVMA Efforts on Prudent Use)
2:30 Dr. M.J. Rutter, European Union Commission on Veterinary Products (The Authorization of Antimicrobial Products in the European Union)
3:00 Break
3:15 Dr. Abigail Salyers, University of Illinois (Importance of Commensals in the Transfer of Resistance from Animals to Humans)
3:45 Dr. Sherwood Gorbach, Tufts University (Importance of In Vitro Resistance Compromising Therapy for Diarrheal Disease)
4:15 Animal Health Institute
5:00 Begin Public Speakers
January 26
8:30 Public Speakers
10:15 Break
10:30 Committee Deliberations; Dr. Sundlof Presentation of Questions
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Committee Deliberations
4:00

Adjournment

 

 

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- January 20, 1999 at 11:48 AM ET

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