"The Effects of Terminating Antimicrobial Growth Promoters in Denmark"

“The Effects of Terminating Antimicrobial Growth Promoters in Denmark”

Henrik C. Wegener

Head, Dept. of Epidemiology and Risk Assessment

DANISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND VETERINARY RESEARCH

Professor, Foodborne Zoonoses Epidemiology

ROYAL VETERINARY AND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, COPENHAGEN

Head, WHO Collaborating Centre on Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION


	Chairmen, ladies and gentlemen - I would like to begin by thanking the organizers for inviting me to give this presentation and take part in this debate.

	The tittle of my presentation is:
	The Danish Experience of Eliminating Antibiotic Growth Promotants Has Been Beneficial and Could Be Replicated in the US

	My name is Henrik Wegener and I am a professor of food microbiology and zoonoses epidemiology as well as head of research at the Danish Veterinary Institute.