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No Need to Worry About Antibiotic Residues in Meat
2013-08-15 16:16:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Scott Hurd, DVM, Iowa State University Consumers don't need to worry about antibiotic residues in meat, whether the animal is raised conventionally or in an antibiotic-free production system, says an export at Iowa State University. read more
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Germany Measures Antibiotic Use on Farms
2013-08-13 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GERMANY - Data on the amount of antibiotics used in livestock farming are to be collected for the first time. On average, a German pig receives antibiotics for 4.2 days over the 115-day growing period.
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U of M Research Shows Antibiotic Use in DDGS Inactivated
2013-08-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Work at the University of Minnesota shows that antibiotics used in the production of distillers dried grains (DDGS) are either inactivated during the production procedure or reduced to very low concentrations.
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Misleading Antibiotic Messages and Advocating for Agriculture
2013-07-26 22:09:00| National Hog Farmer
The August issue of National Hog Farmer is devoted to the topic of analyzing antibiotic use. As weve been putting the finishing touches on our stories this week, the topic of antibiotics in agriculture has been swirling in social media circles once again. Perhaps you have been following the Twitter and Facebook conversations involving a recent Panera Bread advertising campaign professing (via a chicken character shaped like a medication capsule and a graphic depicting a barn made out of pills) that farmers who use antibiotics are lazy. The take-home message is that antibiotic-free chicken is the way to goalong with a false implication that antibiotics are commonly found in meat. In a testament to the importance of agricultural advocacy, Carrie Chestnut Mess, a dairy producer who blogs as Dairy Carrie, created a blog post entitled, Dear Panera Bread Company. Minnesota pork industry blogger and agricultural advocate Wanda Patsche followed suit in her own blog. The posts started a social media backlash against the misleading advertising campaign and ultimately, got the attention of Panera management. National Hog Farmer Blog read more
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Legislators Seek to Restrict Antibiotic Use in Livestock
2013-07-08 20:38:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has introduced Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2013, which would prohibit the use of human antibiotics in the feed and water of livestock if they jeopardize human health. Drug companies and agriculture producers would have to demonstrate that antibiotics are used to treat clinically diagnosable disease and not used to fatten livestock. Senator Feinstein said, The irresponsible use of antibiotics is dangerous. We must preserve the efficacy of these life-saving drugs by carefully restricting their overuse in our agriculture products. read more
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