Skretting is instigating a research collaboration with Proteon Pharmaceuticals aimed at providing functional solutions to tackle health challenges in the aquaculture industry. The companies will co-develop products using bacteriophage technology.
Sales of antibiotics for livestock in Europe have fallen again, with the latest data signifying a reduction of over a third in antimicrobial usage in farm animals in the region between 2011 and 2018.
Micro-organisms should be controlled, rather than killed, to maintain the natural balance of feed and feed additives in a post-antibiotics world, according to Amlan’s senior director of technical service.