Pig farming beyond zinc oxide and antibiotics

Garcia Manzanilla
Organic production is less efficient than conventional production mainly because of the diets and genetics used. However some of the technology used in the facilities should be explored by conventional farms because it allows less use of antimicrobials. Photo: Edgar Garcia Manzanilla
Organic production is less efficient than conventional production mainly because of the diets and genetics used. However some of the technology used in the facilities should be explored by conventional farms because it allows less use of antimicrobials. Photo: Edgar Garcia Manzanilla
As the end of therapeutic zinc oxide (ZnO) and in-feed antibiotics approaches, sharing knowledge and experiences is becoming more and more important. The Irish research organisation Teagasc just started a big project on alternatives to ZnO and antibiotics. Health and nutrition expert Edgar Garcia Manzanilla shares his views on this. I loved the recent comment by Lisbeth Shooter about the summit on ZnO that she is chairing next June in Denmark: “…It is not a conference where we will be looki


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