The $3 million for antimicrobial resistance dashboard development announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is aimed at studies in livestock, poultry and companion animals.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is making the cooperative agreement funding available to create antimicrobial resistance dashboards, according to a Nov. 15 APHIS news release. Those dashboards are of great importance to APHIS, as well as agricultural and public health sectors, "because antimicrobials are some of our most critical tools for treating serious infections and saving the lives of people and animals.".
"Public-private partnerships are an essential part of achieving our goals at APHIS," APHIS Administrator Kevin Shea said in the news release. "The dashboard tools developed through these cooperative agreements will help us better understand antimicrobial resistance in livestock, poultry and companion animals, which ultimately helps protect public health."
The announced funding is earmarked for public-private partnerships to develop the dashboard tools that would improve access to information about antimicrobial resistance in domesticated animals, the release reported. Once created, the dashboards would monitor trends in antimicrobial resistance patterns and detect emerging resistance profiles, in addition to better understanding relationships between antimicrobial use and animal health management practices and antimicrobial resistance.
Applicants eligible for the funding include state departments of agriculture; Native peoples' organizations; state animal health officials; land-grant universities and similar entities; colleges of veterinary medicine and emergency teams; state or national livestock, poultry and aquaculture producer organizations; national, allied or regional veterinary organizations; and specialty boards recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association, the release reported.
The funding announcement opened Nov. 16 and will remain open until Feb. 15, 2023, according to the release. APHIS also plans to post opportunities that can be viewed at Grants.gov. Applications also will be accepted through the ezFedGrants system for non-federal entities and by email for federal entities.
