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Members of the Task Force for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Companion Animal Practice: Jeff B. Bender, DVM, MS, (Chair), Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108; Tamar F. Barlam, MD, MSc, Infectious Disease Section, Boston Medical Center, 1 Boston Medical Center Place, Boston, MA 02118 (representing the Infectious Disease Society of America); Reilly P. Glore, DVM, Brady Veterinary Hospital, 450 Monte Brady Rd, Montesano, WA 98563 (representing the American Animal Hospital Association); Nigel Gumley, DVM, Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, 339 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1R 7K1, Canada; Sharon E. Grayzel, DVM, MPH, Columbia Veterinary Center, 5106 NE 78th St, Vancouver, WA 98665; Christine Hoang, DVM, MPH, AVMA, 1931 N Meacham Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60173; Michael J. Murphy, DVM, PhD, Center for Veterinary Medicine, US FDA, 7519 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855; Mark G. Papich, DVM, MS, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607; Jane E. Sykes, BVSc, PhD, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616; Jeffrey L. Watts, PhD, Anti-Infectives Research VMRD, Zoetis, 333 Portage St, Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (representing the Animal Health Institute); Jean M. Whichard, CDC, Mailstop G29, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30329.