The WHO is recommending that animal producers cease feeding or using medically important antibiotics to prevent potential disease or as growth promoters.
Some perspective is required when evaluating the results of the recently published Chinse study identifying antibiotic resistant genes in fishmeal, argues the IFFO.
Zoetis has started the negotiation process with Australia's Anatara Lifesciences on an licence option to develop an anti-scour supplement for the global market.
A genetically modified microorganism (GMM) integrating an antibiotic resistance gene was found in a riboflavin supplement from China aimed at feed use, finds newly published study.
Finding ways for industry to come together, to collaborate to tackle major global challenges such as antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was the theme of the ninth edition of Nutreco's conference, Agrivision.
More oversight is needed to track the use, in feed or other methods, of medically important antibiotics in production animals says the US Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Biomin wants to gain greater insight into how replacement of in-feed antibiotics by certain feed additives can reduce the presence of antibiotic resistance genes.
Multi-drug resistance in Salmonella bacteria is high across the EU but resistance to critically important antimicrobials used to treat severe human cases of Salmonella infection remains low, finds a report by two EU agencies.
EFSA says the feeding to calves of colostrum and milk containing residues of antimicrobials that could select for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria should be avoided.
A better understanding of elements involved in antimicrobial resistance is needed to address the spread of resistant bacteria and genes in animal production, say researchers.
A petition to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants the agency to remove approvals for antibiotic use in livestock disease prevention and growth promotion.
There is limited data available on antibiotic resistance strains of pathogenic bacteria in meat products in the UK, says a campaigner seeking curbs to antibiotic usage in farmed animals.
The EU Commission (EC) has approved the use of the additive L-threonine produced by fermentation with E. coli for production of feed for all animal species.
While a sea change is expected in the future application of antibiotics in US animal production, more usage data is require to further optimize their benefits for farming, say experts.
The move by the British Poultry Council (BPC) to reveal antibiotic usage data across 90% of domestic broiler, turkey and duck production is a game changer, says an antimicrobial resistance expert.
FEFANA has questioned the conclusion of a systematic literature review (SLR) by Belgian academics that did not rule out a correlation between copper additives and antibiotic resistance in pigs.
A German government funded initiative, EsRAM, aims at reducing antimicrobial resistant (AMR) pathogens in broilers and will look at how feed additives can contribute to this goal.
The findings of research, commissioned by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), do not rule out a correlation between copper additives and antibiotic resistance in pigs.
Resistance to widely used antimicrobials, such as ciprofloxacin, was commonly detected in bacteria in poultry, finds a new EU report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria.
Antibiotic use in agriculture is expected to grow 42,000 tons by 2030, say officials with the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP).
The over-arching goals of Mike Tokach’s research seek to minimize the ultimate production costs for farmers raising pigs and to improve the quality and welfare of the pigs, he said.
Use of antibiotics in animal feed, treatment and other influences may be contributing to a trend of multi-antibiotic-resistant bacteria in some US feedlot cattle.
The US feed sector has questioned the reporting obligations sought under the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) as the FDA releases the final version of the rule that aims to bring the use of medically important antimicrobials under veterinary supervision.
Almost 100 pig farms in the Netherlands, which had been shut down by the Dutch food safety authority (nVWA) last week due to an illegal antibiotic find in feed, are operational again.
EFSA has again found that Toyocerin from Spanish feed additives firm, Rubinum, poses a risk for the spread of determinants for resistance to two antibiotics used in human and veterinary medicine - tetracycline and chloramphenicol.
Antibiotic alternatives such as pro and prebiotics and other gut health boosting feed components are to be welcomed as long as they don’t simply shore up intensive farming practices, says a leading farm animal welfare organization.
The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is suing the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for withholding data on the sale of antibiotics for use in food animals.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says that the growing use
of antimicrobial agents in food could be damaging human resistance
to bacteria and other microbes.
