01488nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007000042100001400112700001300126700001400139700002000153700001500173700001800188700001300206245005600219300001200275490000800287520097300295022001401268       2007                            d  c09/2007bSchlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGaHannover1 aS Schwarz1 aE Alesik1 aM Grobbel1 aA Lübke-Becker1 aJ Wallmann1 aC Werckenthin1 aL Wieler00aThe BfT-GermVet monitoring program -aims and basics  a357-3620 v1203 aTo determine the current Status of antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial patho-gens from animals in Germany, the BfT-GermVet monitoring program was initi-ated as a complementary program to the German national monitoring program GE/?M-Vet conducted by the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL). In the BfT-GermVet program,a total of 1,626 bacterial strains,ob-tained during a 27-month period (01/2004-03/2006) from 31 indications, was screened for susceptibility against 22 antimicrobial agents and two combinations of antimicrobial agents. Selected bacteria were additionally tested for their susceptibility against additional three combinations of antimicrobial agents and the corresponding Single substances.This paper describes the overall aims and the structure of the program with particular reference to the sampling strategy, the methodology for susceptibility testing and the interpretive criteria used for evalu-ation of the results.  a0005-9366