Request for Tender: AgriFutures Chicken Meat Program

⁠⁠⁠AgriFutures Australia is an organisation that proudly focuses on the future of Australian agriculture. AgriFutures main function and purpose is investment, dissemination and commercialisation of research and development for the benefit of our primary industries.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an ongoing global concern and Australia’s animal industries recognise the need to collaborate to understand and minimize the effects of AMR in the use of antimicrobials in production livestock. Antimicrobial stewardship(AMS) is a multifaceted approach to ensure the sustainable use of antimicrobials and to minimise resistance, an approach that is critical to ensure the safe and effective long-term use of antimicrobials.

This project aims to improve AMS at the farm level for Australia’s livestock industries and assist producers/farmers make on-farm decisions that will minimise AMR risks at the farm level.

This RFT is seeking suitable applications that will explore ways in which AMS can be adopted across livestock industries at the farm level. AMS follows a “One Health” approach, where the health of humans, animals and the environment are considered as interconnected.

It is expected that the outputs this project will deliver tools to improve AMS across production livestock industries that will empower farmers to tailor an AMS program based on circumstances specific to their operation.