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Hogs Dont Have Health Insurance: The Myth of Antibiotic Use
2013-05-13 16:47:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Pork Board read more
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Proposal for More Antibiotic Data Waste of Resources
2013-05-10 15:33:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Scott Hurd, DVM Proposed legislation by three senators calling for more data on use of antibiotics in food-producing animals will not prove informative, and would actually be a waste of resources, says Iowa State University veterinary blogger Scott Hurd. read more
New Bill Aims to Increase Information on Antibiotic Use
2013-05-09 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Three senators have introduces the bipartisan Antimicrobial Data Collection Bill, which aims to increase the data collected by the FDA on antibiotic use in farm animals. The news has been applauded by Pew Charitable Trusts as a move towards ending antibiotic use for growth promotion.
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FDA Warns Against Misinterpretation of Antibiotic Resistance Data
2013-04-23 16:39:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: The Food and Drug Administration Recently, the Environmental Working Group issued a report of its interpretation of the 2011 Retail Meat Annual Report of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS). FDA officials said: “While FDA is always concerned when we see antimicrobial resistance, we believe the EWG report oversimplifies the NARMS data and provides misleading conclusions. We do not believe that EWG fully considered important factors that put these results in context, including: read more
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Medicines Agency Advises Commission on Animal Antibiotic Use
2013-04-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - The European Medicines Agency will provide advice on the impact on public health and animal health of the use of antibiotics in animals. The request was made by the European Commission as part of its ‘action plan against the rising threats from antimicrobial resistance’.
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