Matvælastofnun, known as the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority in English, recently published a report on the country’s antibiotic use for animals and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of bacteria in animals and food during 2022.
In 2022, 12 Salmonella strains from poultry samples were tested for susceptibility, one of which was found to be resistant to three classes of antibiotics. Out of 85 Escherichia coli strains isolated from chickens, 17 (20 percent) were resistant to one or more antibiotics, seven of which were multidrug-resistant (MDR). Additionally, of 170 strains of streptococci from lamb intestines, 31 strains (18.2 percent) were resistant to antibiotics, and two were MDR.