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Registration Opens for Antibiotics Conference

2013-09-12 16:48:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: National Institute for Animal Agriculture “Bridging the Gap Between Animal Health and Human Health” is a conference designed to bring together those within agriculture, human medicine and the environmental communities to resolve antimicrobial use and resistance concerns. The symposium will be held Nov. 12-14, 2013 at the Kansas City Airport Marriott in Kansas City, MO. Complete program details and registration information can be found at www.animalagriculture.org. or by calling (800) 237-7193. read more

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VMD Urges Responsible Use of Antibiotics

2013-08-28 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - In its latest Annual Review 2012-13, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) says responsible antibiotic use is essential in both human and veterinary medicine.

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Learning from Other Countries about Antibiotics, Sow Stalls

2013-08-09 22:37:00| National Hog Farmer

The United States is not the only country wrestling with issues, such as use of both antibiotics in livestock production, and gestation stalls. This week Scott Hurd, DVM, associate professor and director of the Food Risk Modeling and Policy Laboratory at Iowa State Universitys College of Veterinary Medicine, makes some valid points about the rest of the story after Denmark banned preventive and growth-promoting antibiotics for pigs in 2000. In over 20 years of food safety research, I have seen quite a few antibiotic-free (ABF) animals, including the famous pigs in Denmark, he writes in his Hurd Health blog. While working in the processing plant, I could often tell when ABF pigs were coming down the line. The animals from the ABF farms usually appeared somewhat unthrifty. Often there was less uniformity in carcass size and more issues. National Hog Farmer Blog read more

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New Antibiotics Guidelines for Livestock Producers Explained

2013-08-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - A veterinarian from the University of Kentucky explains new antibiotics guidelines for livestock producers.

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Senators Offer Bill to Restrict Use of Antibiotics in Food Animals

2013-06-28 17:13:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: The Hill   Four senators — three Democrats and a Republican — have introduced legislation that would restrict the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture, according to a report from The Hill. The bill is a companion measure to legislation introduced earlier in the House by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY). It would ban farmers from using seven classes of antibiotics critical for human health to treat sick animals. read more

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