Removing prophylactic antibiotics from pig feed: how does it affect their performance and health?

Antibiotics (AB) are an important tool to tackle infectious disease in pig farms; however some research indicates that their frequent mis/over-use may contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance and the WHO has declared that this issue should be addressed. Little is known about the long term consequences of withdrawing prophylactic AB from pig feed; hence we aimed to assess its effects on performance and health of pigs from weaning to slaughter.

Citation

Alessia Diana, Laura A. Boyle, Finola C. Leonard, Ciaran Carroll, Eugene Sheehan, Declan Murphy, Edgar G. Manzanilla. Removing prophylactic antibiotics from pig feed: how does it affect their performance and health? BMC Veterinary Research. 2019 Feb 26;15

PMID: 30808361

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