Abstract:

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing global public health threat. Given the grave importance of AMR, the United Nations General Assembly has called for the development and implementation of the national action plans (NAP) on AMR in each of its member countries. The Malaysia NAP was launched in February 2017 with collaborative approach from Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries [Department of Veterinary Services (DVS), Department of Fisheries (DOF), Department of Agriculture (DoA)], Department of Environment, Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of Defence Hospitals, Private Healthcare Facilities, Community Pharmacist, The Animal Food Industry and Professional Organisations pertaining to Human And Animal Health) to address and mitigate AMR in respective sectors. This paper presents the aquaculture component of Malaysia’s NAP on AMR lead by the DOF, Malaysia. The objective of this paper is to briefly present the outcomes of activities carried out by the DOF in relation to AMR and AMU in Malaysia which includes: i) the development of the aquaculture component of the NAP; ii) results of the AMU survey; iii) outcome of AMR surveillance; iv) AMR education and awareness; and iv) strengthening governance. The initial AMR results indicate that most of the Escherichia coli isolates were resistant towards erythromycin (90.7 %), cefepime (26.6 %), tetracycline (18.2 %), ampicillin (15 %), and chloramphenicol (10 %). On the other hand, the majority of the Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates were resistant to ampicillin (72.3 %) followed by erythromycin (10 %), cefotaxime (4 %), and tetracycline (4 %).

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Date 2020/12/25

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