Bacteria and antimicrobials – a concise compendium

Beta-lactamases, inhibitory concentrations, ESBLs, gram-positive bacteria – these concepts are frequently addressed in Pig Progress, but does each pork producer know exactly all the ins and outs around antimicrobials? Once and for all – here are the answers. Antimicrobial compounds have been available for both human and veterinary medicine for almost 70 years and indeed we have benefitted from their use during this period so that common infections no longer kill us or animals. As a resul