Antibiotic use in European pig production: Less is more

26-12-2022 | |
A healthy pig at a farm in the Netherlands which is producing without the use of antibiotics. Photo: Herbert Wiggerman
A healthy pig at a farm in the Netherlands which is producing without the use of antibiotics. Photo: Herbert Wiggerman
In the European Union, the use of antibiotic growth promotors (AGPs) was banned in 2006. More than 15 years later, many lessons have been learned across the continent. As each member state has its own ways to learn, however, it has sometimes been hard to compare data. A team of scientists from Ghent University, Belgium, pulled it all together. Various studies have been carried out to learn more about how Europe’s use of antibiotics in pig production has changed in the last 2 decades, in bot


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