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Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Phileo: Top management is key to successful farming with reduced antibiotics
Farmers can produce pig and poultry meat without using antibiotics but not without committing to an increasingly sharp focus on livestock management, underpinned by the highest levels of biosecurity. This was the core message given to deleg ...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Fast food firms accused of 'double standards' in antibiotic use in chicken
Several international food chains have been criticised in India for their alleged "double standards" in their commitment to eliminate antibiotic misuse in chicken supply chains.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: FAO, WHO, OIE call for responsible antibiotic use
In observance of World Antibiotic Awareness Week (Nov. 13-19), the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are together calling for responsible use o ...
Monday, November 13, 2017
UK sets new farm antibiotic targets
A task force has set new targets for further reducing antibiotic use across the key UK livestock sectors.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
New WHO recommendation: Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals
In a new recommendation issued by the World Health Organisation on Tuesday, Nov. 7, farmers and the food industry are urged to stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals.
Monday, October 30, 2017
Bacteriophages found an effective alternative to antibiotic use
The use of bacteriophages, or phages, has been found to be an effective alternative to the use of antibiotics to fight the pathogens responsible for the diseases affecting farmed fish, according to a European project coordinated by the Spai ...
Monday, October 30, 2017
Trouw Nutrition: Possible to reduce antibiotics without affecting profits
Ten million people will die due to antibiotic resistance, according to the "Antimicrobial Resistance Review" published by the UK government in 2014.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
US refuses entry to 17 antibiotic-laced shrimp imports in September
In the first three weeks of September, the US rejected 76 seafood entry lines, of which 17 (22.4%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Antibiotic use in food animals bound to increase, says paper
Despite efforts to reduce, if not eliminate it, the use of antibiotics in food animals will continue to rise, according to a paper published in the journal Science.
Monday, September 25, 2017
Antibiotic misuse in poultry farms breeds multidrug-resistant bacteria, says study
Misuse of antibiotics as growth enhancer in poultry farms is leading to a proliferation of multidrug-resistant bacteria, or bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics of at least three classes.
Monday, September 4, 2017
Fishmeal source of antibiotic resistance genes thriving in marine fish farm sediments
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes for antibiotic resistance have been showing up in unexpected places including isolated caves and ancient permafrost. This time, one team of scientists has surprisingly found these genes-where they can ...
Saturday, August 26, 2017
The use of diformates and 3rd generation acidifier in order to prevent antibiotic resistance in poultry
The use of antibiotics at sub-therapeutic levels, in order to improve the productivity of chickens has been practiced in many countries for decades despite its drawbacks. As a result, today we are seeing the emergence of multiple bacteria t ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Antibiotic-free breeding technologies to be revealed at Livestock Taiwan Expo
"Livestock Taiwan Expo & Conference", jointly organised by the Council of Agriculture (COA) and UBM Asia, will debut at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center from September 28-30 in Taiwan.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Lallemand enters research consortium on reduction of antibiotic use in swine production
A 2016 Nature Microbiology article reported the recent discovery that the swine gut microbiota harbours more than 7.7 million genes.
Monday, August 21, 2017
The trend towards antibiotic reduction - a China perspective (Part II)
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