Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS)

Acknowledgements

We thank the abattoir industry personnel and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency regional directors, inspection managers and onsite staff for their extensive voluntary participation in the CIPARS - Abattoir Component.

We recognize the US National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for sharing information and facilitating harmonization with CIPARS.

Additionally, we appreciate the effort of the producers participating in research projects, field workers, laboratory technicians, and data management staff for their contributions. The careful collecting of samples, processing of isolates, and recording of results are essential to the ongoing success of CIPARS.

The CIPARS on-farm swine working group would like to acknowledge the following:

• Participating Veterinarians and Producers
• CIPARS On-farm Swine Surveillance Program Expert Review Panel & Advisory Committee
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development,  Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Quebéc (MAPAQ)
• USDA, CAHFSE Program

Persons or groups who provide data and isolates

Provincial Public Health Laboratories
The following laboratories forwarded human Salmonella isolates to the National Microbiology Laboratory (Winnipeg, Manitoba). This group includes Laboratory Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BC) (Judy Isaac-Renton); the Provincial Laboratory of Public Health (AB) (Marie Louie); the Saskatchewan Laboratory and Disease Control Services; Cadham Provincial Laboratory (MB) (Paul Van Caeseele); the Central Public Health Laboratory, Public Health Laboratories Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (ON) (Frances Jamieson); Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec (QC) (Johanne Ismail); the New Brunswick Enteric Reference Centre (NB) (Glenna Hardy); the Microbiology Laboratory, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (NS) (Kevin Forward); Laboratory Services, Queen Elizabeth Hospital (PE) (Lewis Abbott); and the Newfoundland Public Health Laboratory (NL) (Sam Ratnam).

Provincial Animal Health Laboratories
The following laboratories voluntary forwarded clinical animal Salmonella isolates to the Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses (Ontario) for Salmonella Passive Surveillance: Agri-Food Laboratory Branch, Alberta Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development, (AB), Prairie Diagnostic Services, Western College of Veterinary Medicine (SK), Veterinary Services Branch Laboratory (MB), The Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph (ON), Vita-Tech Canada Inc. (ON), the Laboratoire d’expertise en pathologie animale du Québec (QC), Provincial Veterinary Laboratory, Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Aquaculture (NB), Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, Truro (NS), Diagnostic Services, Atlantic Veterinary College.