Scientists from Sask., Sri Lanka work together to address threat of antibiotic resistance in animals

Two scientists whose connection was sparked in Saskatchewan are working together from different sides of the globe to improve animal health in Sri Lanka, in hopes of addressing a potential global health threat.Roshan Madalagama and Joe Rubin together in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in March. The two scientists are working to address antimicrobial resistance in animals in that country.

Rubin supervised Madalagama as the two studied antimicrobial resistance, or AMR — the same issue they're tackling today."As a supervisor, there is nothing as gratifying as when your student kind of surpasses you," Rubin said with a laugh. "They're really relying on it for their nutrition, so it's not the bigger-scale agriculture that we may be familiar with here in Saskatchewan," said Rubin.

The overarching concern, however, is that resistance seen in animals could transfer to humans anywhere.WHO and Sri Lanka's government

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