Protecting Tomorrow’s Dogs – AKC Collaborates With AVMA On Antimicrobial Awareness

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240 – November/December, 2025

By Dr. Jerry Klein

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has invited the American Kennel Club (AKC) to collaborate on its initiative to promote responsible antimicrobial stewardship. This outreach marks a significant step forward in strengthening communication and fostering greater understanding between these two influential organizations.

Antimicrobial stewardship has been a concern of the AVMA since 1998, and the Committee on Antimicrobials within the AVMA was formed in 2016.

Antimicrobial stewardship refers to the actions veterinarians take to preserve the success and availability of antimicrobial drugs through careful oversight and responsible medical decision-making while protecting animal, public, and environmental health.

Though the term “antibiotics” is often used interchangeably with “antimicrobials,” they are not the same. Antibiotics are a type of antimicrobial with a narrower definition: all antibiotics are antimicrobials, but not all antimicrobials are antibiotics. Antimicrobials also include antifungal and antiviral drugs as well as antiseptics.

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