Site name and description

Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) The Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics, founded in 1981, is a non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to educational, research and international networking activities to promote more appropriate use of antibiotics around the world. Its site houses research, news on antibiotics issues, and detailed information for both health care practitioners and health care consumers.

American Humane Association's American Humane Certified Program The American Humane Association is the oldest national organization dedicated to child and animal protection. Its American Humane Certified Program certifies producers, processors and related product handlers that meet the AHA's standards of practice for the humane treatment of farm animals, including use of antibiotics.

American Medical Association: Antibiotics and Antimicrobials Section of the AMA web site that provides links to different resources and news on antibiotics and antimicrobials. The section also addresses antibiotic resistance, maintaining the issue on the radar screens of physicians and the public.

Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) The Animal Welfare Institute works to halt factory farming practices and the intensive confinement of farm animals and replace them with methods which are both humane and practical. AWI has developed guidelines for the humane husbandry of pigs, guidelines which prohibit the routine use of antibiotics to control disease or promote growth.

CDC National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System, a program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, monitors antimicrobial resistance of human enteric bacteria. Reports, studies and other information are available at the site.

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) The Center for Science in the Public Interest is a nonprofit organization that conducts innovative programs in health and the environment. It provides objective information to the public; represents citizens' interests before legislative, regulatory, and judicial bodies; and works to ensure that advances in science are used for the public's good.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Antimicrobial Resistance site is designed to provide both general and technical information about antimicrobial resistance.

Environmental Defense Environmental Defense is a nonprofit advocacy organization with over 300,000 members. Founded in 1967, Environmental Defense has a longstanding interest in environmental issues affecting human health.

FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine The Center for Veterinary Medicine, a department of the Food and Drug Administration, regulates the manufacture and distribution of food additives and drugs that will be given to animals, including antibiotics. The site contains various types of information on antimicrobial resistance.

Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) Food Animals Concerns Trust, organized in 1982, is a nonprofit organization that advocates for animal husbandry practices that will improve the safety of meat, milk and eggs. FACT's Food Safety Program makes recommendations to the federal regulatory agencies based on its review of the scientific literature. FACT's On-Farm Research Program develops husbandry methods that improve food safety, are humane and reduce pollution.