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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, March 2, 2017
Opinion paper: Antibiotic resistance mitigation opportunities in livestock sector development
Our diets and food production systems have changed dramatically in recent decades, and the way we use antibiotics is closely linked to these changes. Population growth and changing dietary preferences, brought about largely through economic ...
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Feed Farm Health approach to reach natural gut health while reducing antibiotics
Big data from animal trials show how feed, farm and health management contribute to reduced antibiotics in poultry production, while maintaining performance and profitability. Poultry integrators are an important part of the food chain and ...
Friday, February 24, 2017
Raising pigs antibiotic-free thanks to algae
Concerns on the emergence of antibiotic resistance are calling for innovative technologies that provide alternatives to antibiotics for use in animal health and production, in a One Health approach. In this context, based on its innovative ...
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Secondary plant compounds and their antimicrobial properties to inhibit the growth of antibiotic resistant bacteria
After the European ban of antibiotics as growth promoters in animal production, there is higher interest in naturally derived and generally recognised as safe substances as an appropriate replacement. The emergence of antibiotic resistant p ...
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Reducing antibiotic resistance; what to expect from feed additives?
Microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi and parasites, can develop resistance against antimicrobial substances, such as antibiotics, antifungals and anthelminthics. As a results, these antimicrobial substances become ineffective in limiting ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Poultry farms source of antibiotic resistance-study
High rates of bacteria resistant to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic in human medicine, have been found in flies around Chinese poultry farms, an article prepared by Rabobank and released this month said.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Smithfield Foods introduces Pure Farms antibiotic-free product line
Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced the launch of an antibiotic-free line of fresh pork products under its Pure Farms™ brand.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Antibiotic resistance: recognising the need for change
Antibiotic resistance has the potential to become one of the greatest problems of our generation, given the ever-increasing rise in bacterial strains that are less and less sensitive to existing treatments. While abuse of antibiotics in hum ...
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Antibiotics practice and opinions of Cambodian commercial farmers, animal feed retailers and veterinarians
Background: Cambodia has reported multidrug resistant bacteria in poultry, similar to other countries in the region. We visited commercial food animal farms to explore opinions and antibiotic practices on the farms. Methods: We used individ ...
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Proven tools to replace antibiotic growth promoters
The rise of novel growth promoters will outpace antibiotic growth promoters by a factor of 2 to 1 through 2030. From a performance perspective, several feed additives available today can effectively serve modern livestock production and gen ...
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Better gut health prevents antibiotic resistance
As 70% of the immune system capacity of the birds is concentrated around or inside the gut, it is therefore easily understood that a good intestinal integrity will have a positive impact on the bird's immune status, reducing the need fo ...

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