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Feeding Antibiotics to Farm Animals May Worsen Climate Change
2016-05-26 00:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: There may be another reason to discourage farmers from feeding antibiotics to livestock: global warming. A study published this week finds that when cattle were fed a common antibiotic, their manure produced even more methane than normal -- a potent global warming gas. The antibiotics do this by killing off bacteria that compete with methane-producing microbes, the researchers report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of antibiotics...
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Using Fewer Antibiotics Does Not Affect Overall Profit, Dutch Pig Farmers Find
2016-05-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
NETHERLANDS - At a recent closed meeting in Amsterdam, European Ministers of Health and Ministers of Agriculture met to discuss the “One Health” approach. Minister for Agriculture Martijn van Dam highlighted examples from Dutch pig farms, where producers found that the prevention of infections is indeed possible through improved practices. Furthermore, prevention, he said, is possible without negatively impacting profits, writes Melanie Epp for ThePigSite.
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Treating cows with antibiotics doubles dung methane emissions
2016-05-25 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Antibiotics given to cattle can have far-reaching effects in an ecosystem, changing the make-up of microbes in the guts of dung beetles and increasing methane emissions from faeces. Researchers have analysed dung and the ecosystem it supports from cattle given a course of the antibiotic tetracycline. Such antibiotics are commonly given to livestock to prevent diseases and stimulate growth, even though this can lead to the development of drug-resistant bacteria. The team found that the dung...
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Improved Animal Health First Step in Reducing Antibiotics in Livestock Production
2016-05-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - A researcher with the Prairie Swine Center says improved animal health is the first step in reducing the need for antibiotics in livestock production.
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Nutrition Plays Key Role in Reducing Dependence on Antibiotics
2016-04-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - A Research Associate Nutrition with the Prairie Swine Centre says nutrition has a key role to play in reducing the livestock industry's dependence on antibiotics, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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