Research: Profitably moving away from antibiotics

Reducing antibiotics while choosing alternative strategies to ensure animal health can lead to €2.67 more profit per finished pig, according to researchers. That outcome was presented by a group of researchers attached to institutes in Belgium and the Netherlands. The results were published in an article in the journal Preventive Veterinary Medicine. Applying biosecurity measures Key message in her article was that in closed pig facilities, antibiotics can be reduced substantially by applying