Reducing antibiotic use with technology

16-10-2017 | |
Reducing antibiotic use with technology. Photo: Shutterstock
Reducing antibiotic use with technology. Photo: Shutterstock
Technology and software is helping to improve the health and welfare of livestock, but can also help in reducing antibiotic usage by picking up on illnesses or underperformance before human observations can. The over-use of antibiotics has been a major topic in the media recently, with claims that usage in animals reduces efficacy in humans. Despite there being very little evidence backing these claims, it has been proven that overuse of antibiotics in livestock can subsequently lead to them be


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