Farm Medicines - Emerging Restrictions

Originally from: Mike
                        
The noose is tightening around what antibiotics and growth promoters can be used in farm animals. At UK level, EU level and International (OIE) level there is an emerging trend, because of fears about antibiotic resistance, to exclude more key antibiotics from animal usage that are also important in human treatment.

A couple of new reports and listings of the antibiotics affected can be accessed at www.pighealth.com

UK Vet David Burch predicts the effects we can expect from the new EU controls on growth promoters that came into effect this month.