Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS)

Resources, news and insights from RCVS Knowledge, for veterinary teams and other animal health professionals, focused on antimicrobial stewardship.

Featured work on antimicrobial stewardship

UK ruminant antibiotic stewardship roadmap

The ruminant roadmap is a major collaborative initiative bringing together the UK ruminant sector to develop ways of promoting and evidencing responsible antibiotic usage (ABU).
Farm Vet Champions

A major collaborative project to empower the veterinary community in a united front to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Antibiotic Guardians

Become an antibiotic guardian for companion animal and equine teams.
Animal Medicines Amnesty campaign

Each November, the veterinary sector joins forces to hold an animal medicines amnesty. Working together we will encourage the public to return out-of-date or unused antibiotics to tackle the issue of antibiotic resistance.

Antimicrobial stewardship resources

Case example

28 October 2025

Organisational strategy to improve antimicrobial stewardship within CVS

Explore how the CVS Clinical Improvement Team led a successful antimicrobial stewardship programme.

Quality improvementAntimicrobial stewardship (AMS)Audits and benchmarksCommunication and teamwork
Journal watch

24 October 2025

A qualitative content analysis exploring the portrayal of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in UK smallholding print media

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Case example

17 October 2025

Reduction of highest priority critically important (HPCIA) antibiotic use

Explore this clinical audit by Animal Trust, Dewsbury, who were named Champion in the 2025 antimicrobial stewardship awards.

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Evidence collection

1 October 2025

Responsible use of antibiotics in veterinary practice

This evidence collection draws together the latest research on using antibiotics responsibly in practice.

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Course

15 September 2025

Managing veterinary medicines

This course provides information on veterinary medicine regulations and how to use medicines responsibly.

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Course

15 September 2025

Antibiotic Guardians

This course teaches you about the importance of responsible antimicrobial use for companion animal and equine teams.

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Latest AMS news and insights

News

16 December 2025

New survey seeks views from ruminant sector on antimicrobial stewardship

A survey launched as part of the ruminant roadmap initiative is seeking the views of people working in the UK ruminant sector on how to tackle the challenge of demonstrating responsible antibiotic stewardship (ABS). 

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News

3 November 2025

We encourage veterinary teams to make positive steps on antimicrobial resistance using our free resources

We are encouraging veterinary teams across the UK to make positive steps to improve their antimicrobial stewardship and start making a difference on antibiotic resistance.

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News

16 October 2025

Major collaborative initiative launched to tackle challenge of demonstrating responsible antibiotic stewardship in the UK ruminant sector

A new collaborative initiative has launched to co-develop a ‘roadmap’ to support the UK ruminant sector in tackling the challenge of improving – and proving – responsible antibiotic stewardship (ABS).

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Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS)

Featured work on antimicrobial stewardship

Antimicrobial stewardship resources

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