OFFICIAL US STUDIES HELP REDUCE ANTIMICROBIAL USE IN PIGS AND CATTLE
June 1st, 2019
NEW data from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will help guide US animal health officials in ensuring livestock producers use antimicrobials in a more judicious way, says this federal government agency.
The data, which was released last month (May 2019), gives the latest benchmark for swine sites and cattle rearers on antimicrobial use in US feedlots and swine operations.
Based on two detailed national studies conducted in 2016, the analysis shows how and why antimicrobials were used in feedlots ...
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