Antibiotic resistance is a global health threat, for both people and animals. Resistant bacteria are not killed by antibiotics and therefore infections caused by such bacteria can be impossible to cure. During this semester’s first Worth Knowing lecture professor Susanna Sternberg Lewerin tells us more about this serious problem in both human and veterinary medicine.
Any use of antibiotics contributes to the development of resistant bacteria. To preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics it’s important to use these medicines correctly and only when needed. In Swedish veterinary medicine the focus is on preventing infectious diseases, as healthy animals don’t need antibiotics.
The lecture will cover the problem and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance as well as the impact and management of this problem in veterinary medicine in Sweden.
Susanna Sternberg Lewerin is Professor at the Department of Animal Biosciences.
Take part online, live or afterwards
If you are unable to attend, the lecture will be streamed live on SLU Play and on the SLU University Library’s Facebook page. The lecture will also be available to watch afterwards on SLU Play, but it will take a couple of weeks before it is published there.
Please note that the number of seats in the Studio is limited. The seats are distributed on a first come, first serve basis.
Swedish veterinary medicine 250 years
This Worth Knowing lecture is a collaboration with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science and part of the celebration of Swedish veterinary medicine’s 250 year anniversary. This anniversary marks a milestone not only for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science but for the whole of SLU, as the veterinary school is the oldest part of the university as we know it today. Read more about the celebrations using the link below, and e-mail svm250@slu.se if you have questions about the anniversary.
As part of the celebration several of this year’s Worth Knowing lectures will focus on veterinary medicine.
Worth knowing
Worth knowing is the SLU University Library’s popular science lunchtime lecture series. Here, exciting and recent research results from SLU are presented. We offer a light lunch, and after the lecture listeners have the opportunity to ask questions.
