A little word of comfort

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Vincent ter Beek Editor of Pig Progress / Topic: Pigs around the world
Last Friday, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) sent out a brief statement on antibiotics, from its president Doug Wolf. His tone of voice was comforting – the NPPC knew. Wolf commented on a recent report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) on antibtiotic resistance, which stated that no direct relationship had been found linking antibiotic use in food animals to antibiotic resistance in humans. He added that “there isn’t even adequate data to conduct a study.


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