Seed, feed and weed to improve pig gut health

07-11-2018 | | |
Meat specifically marketed as being raised free from antibiotics. Photo: Alamy
Meat specifically marketed as being raised free from antibiotics. Photo: Alamy
As antibiotics are increasingly on their way out of intensive animal production, it is good to take a look at different options. The ‘seed, feed and weed’ approach, developed at the University of Georgia, USA, paves the way for a healthy gut for pigs. Antibiotics have been good for the world; since the introduction of penicillin and subsequent antibiotics early in the last century, antibiotics have allowed people to live safer, healthier lives. Antibiotics have also enabled intensive animal


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