How antibiotics are used in pig farming: a mixed
2020-2-1 · Based on the predicted continued rise in global demand for livestock products, global antimicrobial consumption of livestock is predicted to increase by two-thirds over the next 10 years.8 Within this sector, antimicrobial consumption is estimated to be highest in pigs, compared with chicken and cattle.8 It has been a common practice for decades to use subtherapeutic doses of antibiotics in food-animals for a number of reasons: to control the spread of symptomatic infections between animals ...
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