A healthy gut = healthy production. Photo: Kateryna Kon
Globally, farmers are showing that it is possible to reduce antimicrobial use without sacrificing performance and health. A key focus has been placed on gut health. Antibiotics have many times been used indiscriminately, to the detriment of healthy animals. If antibiotics are given to an animal with a healthy gut microflora, it is highly likely to result in digestive and microbial disturbances. In-feed prophylactic antibiotics are not used to treat individual sick animals but are used to treat
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