WITH antimicrobial resistance (AMR) the focus of Veterinary Ireland’s highly successful conference in Lyrath, Co Kilkenny, recently, we obtained permission from veterinary surgeon Karen Dunne to reproduce her two-part Hands On series to help keep horse owners, trainers and managers, up to speed on this vitally important topic. Resistance to antibiotics is estimated to have killed 25,000 people in Europe last year – that’s approximately one person every 20 minutes.

PART 1: Antibiotics and