Parallelling EARS-Net in the human sector, the EARS-Vet aims to fill in a gap on AMR surveillance in bacterial pathogens of animals in Europe. More specifically, EARS-Vet aims to report on the AMR situation, follow AMR trends and detect emerging AMR in bacterial pathogens of animals in Europe. EARS-Vet data can be beneficial to:

• Support AMS in veterinary medicine, e.g. to develop veterinary antimicrobial treatment guidelines adapted to the regional/country AMR epidemiological situation.
• Generate minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) distributions as a basis for setting epidemiological cut-off values (ECOFFs) and clinical breakpoints (CBP) for the interpretation of AST results in veterinary medicine.
• Estimate the burden of AMR in animal health, similar to the assessment in human health.
• Assess the risk of transmission of resistant bacteria or resistance genes from animal origin, e.g. by direct contact with companion and food-producing animals and advise policy makers on evidence-based targeted interventions to mitigate AMR in the animal sector.
• Monitor the impact of interventions to tackle AMR in the animal sector [support the evaluation or revision of marketing authorisations of veterinary antimicrobials (in line with Regulation (EU) 2019/6)].

Hence, EARS-Vet aims to complement the existing AMR and AMC surveillance systems, by covering animal species, bacterial pathogens of animals and antibiotics of relevance to veterinary and human medicine, which are not included in EARS-Net and the EFSA monitoring.

Belgium

• Association Régionale de Santé et d’Identification Animales (ARSIA) / Regional Association of Animal Health and Identification
• Dierengezondheidszorg Vlaanderen (DGZ) / Animal Healthcare Flanders
• Sciensano (SCIENSANO)

Denmark

• Københavns Universitet (UCPH) / University of Copenhagen
• Statens Serum Institut (SSI)

Finland

• Ruokavirasto (RUOKA) / Finnish Food Authority
• University of Helsinki – Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

France

• Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du Travail (ANSES) / French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety

Germany

• Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) / German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
• Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL) / Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
• Labor für Klinische Diagnostik (LABOKLIN) / Laboratory for Clinical Diagnostics

Greece

• Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (AUTh-VET) / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – School of Veterinary Medicine
• Ministry of Rural Development and Food (MRDF)

Iceland

• Matvaelastofnun (MAST) / Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority

Ireland

• Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Laboratories (DAFM)
• Irish Equine Foundation Limited (IEC)
• University College Dublin, National
• University of Ireland (UCD)

Italy

• AniCura Instituto Veterinario Novara (ANICURA) / AniCura Italy
• Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e Dell’Emilia Romagna Bruno Ubertini (IZSLER) / Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna Bruno Ubertini
• Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe) / Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Venice
  Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana M. Aleandri (IZSLT) / Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lazio and Tuscany M. Aleandri
• Ministero della Salute- Direzione Generale della Sanità Animale e dei Farmaci Veterinari / Ministry of Health – Directorate General for Animal Health
• Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM) / Polytechnic University of Marche

Latvia

• Pārtikas drošības, dzīvnieku veselības un vides zinātniskais institūts (BIOR) / Institute of Food safety, Animal Health and Environment

Netherlands

• Royal GD (GD)
• Universiteit Utrecht (UU) / Utrecht University
• Wageningen University & Research (WBVR)

Norway

• Veterinærinstituttet (NVI) / Norwegian Veterinary Institute

Poland

• Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie (WULS-SGGW) / Warsaw
• University of Life Sciences
  Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu (UPP) / Poznań University of Life Sciences

Portugal

• Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I. P. (INIAV) / The National Institute of Agricultural and Veterinary Research, I.P.

Spain

• Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (AEMPS) / The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices
• Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (IACS) / Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences
• Universidad de la Rioja (UR) / University of la Rioja
• Universidad de Zaragoza (UNIZAR) / University of Zaragoza

United Kingdom

• Liverpool University School of Veterinary Science

Sweden

• Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt (SVA) / Swedish Veterinary Agency

Switzerland

• Universität Bern, Institut für Veterinärbakteriologie (IVB) /Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern

Download EARS-Vet scope [version 1.0 | 26/06/2025]

Download BMD-DD methods [version 1.0 | 26/06/2025]

• Download EARS-Vet data submission tutorial [version 1.0 | 26/06/2025]
• Download the Data collection template [version 1.0 | 26/06/2025]