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Monday, March 27, 2017
Food safety and non-antibiotic solutions discussed at Diamond V seminar
More than 100 producers and professionals attended Diamond V's technical seminar "Food Safety and Pathogen Control in Layers and Broilers" by Don McIntyre, PhD, PAS, Director of Global Research and Technical Services for Diamond V, at VIV A ...
Friday, March 17, 2017
Trouw Nutrition: Change of mindset in order to reduce antibiotic use
Trouw Nutrition Asia Pacific gathered experts and animal producers to address one of the main challenges in the industry today: how to reduce antibiotic use while keeping performance and profitability.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
The use of Lactobacillus as an alternative of antibiotic growth promoters in pigs: a review
Antibiotics, often supplemented in feed, used as a growth promoter, may cause their residual effect in animal produce and also trigger antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which is of serious concern among swine farming entrepreneurs. As an a ...
Friday, March 3, 2017
US pork industry recommits to responsible on-farm antibiotic use
The US National Pork Board has reaffirmed its commitment to antibiotic stewardship during a live online broadcast event.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Nutriad: Prudent antibiotic use in Canadian feed applications
The industry faces an onslaught of articles and directives that deal with the use of antibiotics in a myriad of feed and water applications, Nutriad says.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Secondary plant compounds to reduce the use of antibiotics? Initial in vitro trials give reason for hope
"Without urgent, coordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill," says Dr Keiji Fukuda, WHO' ...
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Reducing antibiotic use in animal production systems
ATIMICROBIAL DRUGS are commonly used for animals raised in food production for treatment, control, and prevention of disease as well as growth promotion or increased feed efficiency in many production systems. A recent report from the USDA ...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Report: Antibiotic resistance levels in US meat declining
Salmonella and campylobacter prevalence in retail chicken meat samples taken in the US continue to decline, and both are at their lowest levels of 9.1% and 33%, respectively, since 2002, a Food and Drug Administration report showed.
Friday, December 2, 2016
We need to decrease the need for antibiotics in order to reduce their use, expert author says
Thomas Van Boeckel, author of frequently cited research on antimicrobial consumption in food animals, gave an inspiring presentation during a seminar organised by Trouw Nutrition Selko at EuroTier in Hanover, Germany last month.
Monday, November 28, 2016
UK targets 'realistic' antibiotic usage for pig producers
AHDB Pork has urged UK pig producers to send in their 2015 on-farm antibiotic usage data before the yearend, to help the industry set realistic reduction targets this spring.
Friday, November 25, 2016
Insta-Pro: How to reduce antibiotics usage in agriculture
Growth-promoting antibiotics have been used in commercial animal production for decades. Unlike typical applications of antibiotics, which are used to treat a bacterial disease outbreak, growth-promoting antibiotics are included in dietary ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Antibiotic use in animals drop 9% to 4-year low in UK
Sales of antibiotics for use in animals in the UK are at a four-year low, putting the UK on track to meet ambitious targets to tackle antibiotic resistance, according to a report released Thursday, Nov. 17, by the UK Department for Environm ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
US refusals for antibiotic-laced shrimp in Oct. lowest in 3 years
The US refused entry to 142 seafood entry lines in October, of which only 1 (0.7%) was of shrimp rejected for reasons related to banned antibiotics.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
The Use of Antibiotics in Shrimp Farming
Global aquaculture has grow dramatically over the past 50 years to around 52.5 million tones in 2008 worth US$98.5 billon and accounting for around 50 per cent of the world's food fish supply. Asia dominates this production, account ...
Friday, September 9, 2016
'Only few antibiotic resistance caused by animal meat'
Antibiotic resistance in humans remains largely attributed to human medical use, with farm animal use responsible for as few as one in every 370 clinical cases.

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