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Danish Pig Producers to Halve Use of Critical Antibiotics

2014-11-04 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

DENMARK - With a brand new action plan, the Danish Pig Research Centre is aiming to halve the use of the antibiotic, tetracycline, before the end of 2015. At the same time, the current Yellow Card scheme will be modified to focus on use of ‘critical’ antibiotics.

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Activists demand end to overuse of antibiotics in agriculture industry

2014-10-24 06:46:21| Agriculture - Topix.net

A group in Madison is calling on the federal government to stop farmers from using antibiotics on cattle that aren't sick. WISPIRG is launching a campaign called "End the Abuse of Antibiotics", citing a poll conducted by Consumers Union that finds 97 percent of doctors surveyed said they were concerned about drug-resistant infections.

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Tonight: FRONTLINE Airs Report on Antibiotics Overuse in the American Meat Industry

2014-10-15 07:22:07| Livestock - Topix.net

Tonight, PBS's FRONTLINE will air the second in its two-part series exploring the mounting crisis of antibiotics resistance-- now among the top five health threats facing the nation according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The series picks up on last October's sobering account of the misuses of antibiotics in human medicine and how they've contributed to the rise of resistant bacteria--known as "superbugs".

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FDA: Increase in Antibiotics Use in Animals

2014-10-13 17:08:00| National Hog Farmer

P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. According to the Food and Drug Administrations latest annual report on sales and distribution data on antibiotics approved for use in food-producing animals, antibiotics sold for use by the livestock industry, including in animal feed, increased by 16% in four years (2009-12). read more

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Which Antibiotics Are Used in Animals in Europe and Why?

2014-10-09 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

EU - A survey has been published on the antibiotics most commonly used and for what conditions in cattle, pigs, horses, dogs and cats by vets in 25 European Union countries. More than 60 per cent of all indications for which antibiotics were used in pigs were for respiratory disease or diarrhoea.

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