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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
DSM: Improving antibiotic-free poultry meat production
The production of antibiotic-free (ABF) poultry is now a common trend worldwide, since growth promotant antibiotics (GPA) have been banned by some governments and because many consumers are increasingly avoiding food products that contain a ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Vencomatic Group: How to reduce antibiotics in broiler production?
There is an increased awareness on the need for the sensible use of antibiotics in poultry and livestock production. When looking at broiler production, the use of antibiotics has traditionally been, and today still is, the highest in the f ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Pancosma: Finding alternatives to antibiotics in poultry farming
Data gathered for over 20 years from field trials, have shown that the inclusion of CCC in poultry diets enables chickens to achieve similar levels of growth and performance compared to diets supplemented with antibiotics. Numerous trials w ...
Monday, November 7, 2016
MSD Animal Health: Poultry health in an antibiotic-free (ABF) production environment
A new generation of consumers is changing the way that poultry meat has been produced for decades. Especially in developed countries, the increasing demand for healthier food products and lifestyle is leading to a bigger and faster market g ...
Friday, November 4, 2016
Disrupting the current paradigm: What is the future for antibiotics in animal production?
The future of antibiotics in animal production is truly a global concern. Many observers have wrongly concluded that it is a problem concentrated in North America, Europe or the developed world. This is no longer the case. Legislation in In ...
Friday, November 4, 2016
Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition: RFCs help reduce on-farm reliance on antibiotics
Soon after their discovery, antibiotics became an important component of animal husbandry, helping to cure disease and ensure that cattle, pigs and poultry lead healthy, productive lives. Yet the utility of these tools is not unlimited, esp ...
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Antibiotic resistance in Salmonella: a risk for tropical aquaculture
Salmonelas are rod-shaped, non-spore-forming Gram-negative facultative anaerobes measuring 0.7-1.5 by 2-5 µm. With the exception of the serovars Gallinarum and Pullorum, salmonelas are motile organisms. They are classified according to morp ...
Monday, October 24, 2016
Why is gut health important in antibiotic-free poultry production?
Poultry producers face many challenges as they increase the number of flocks managed without antibiotics. Sound management practices and natural feed additives that support gut health will help producers manage the transition and protect fl ...
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 ...
Monday, October 17, 2016
Antibiotics have to be phased out, but will natural supplements grow as quickly as anticipated?
The entire field of livestock supplements finds itself in a two-way dilemma. On one side, many American and Asian integrators are resisting moving away from antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs). But how long can they can resist in the face of ...
Monday, October 10, 2016
Out with antibiotics, in with vaccines: American integrators, government seek to reinvent livestock farming
• America's gradual, incrementalist approach to phasing out livestock AGPs takes a large step forward with the banning of antibiotics used in human medicine for AGP use in 2017 • Encouraged by booming antibiotic free meat sales amid flat, d ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Nutreco advocates alternative strategies to cut antibiotics in food production
Nutreco CEO Knut Nesse made a case for substantially reducing the use of antibiotics in food production during the UN High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance in New York and the ONE Health Antibiotic Stewardship Summit hosted by Elan ...
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Livestock antibiotics: What you may not want to hear
• Everywhere from America to China, human disease outbreaks caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria have been traced back to integrated farming operations using AGPs • Alongside known human health effects, antibiotics have been used to tran ...
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.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Cargill survey: US, Brazilian consumers prefer beef raised without antibiotics
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