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Explaining FDAs Antibiotic Phase Out in Livestock

2014-01-25 00:42:00| National Hog Farmer

By Scott Hurd, DVM Associate professor Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine Iowa State University Recently, you may have heard something about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) making a new announcement regarding antibiotic use in livestock production. Officially the agency that regulates the use of antibiotics said: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today is implementing a plan to help phase out the use of medically important antimicrobials in food animals for food production purposes, such as to enhance growth or improve feed efficiency. The plan would also phase in veterinary oversight of the remaining appropriate therapeutic uses of such drugs. read more

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FDA Ruling On Antibiotic Use Is Good For Producers

2014-01-24 18:35:27| Beef

The FDAs recent decision regarding the use of feed-grade antibiotics in livestock production could be a positive for cattle producers, specialists say. read more

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Webinar Aims to Help Judicious Antibiotic Use

2014-01-23 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US – Limiting antimicrobial usage in food animals is to be the subject of a producer-oriented webinar, to be run by the University of Illinois.

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Discussions Surrounding Antibiotic Resistance Can Not Be One-Sided

2014-01-17 16:33:00| Beef

LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_402086"); Richard Raymond discusses why the conversation surrounding antibiotic resistance must include everyone who has a stake in the issue, including animal agriculture, human medicine and consumer activists. read more

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