Insights and Stories on Antibiotics

Strategies for producing antibiotic-free pork

Apr. 5, 2024 at 10:31 am CDT

Companies avoiding the use of antibiotics use management strategies to eliminate the use of the medications rather than rely on alternative feed ingredients. On-farm protocols used by two “no antibiotics ever” pork brands in the United States include genetics, extended pre-weaning days and unconventional feed schedules. Jim Magolski, senior director […]

Elanco buys swine PWD vaccine maker

Aug. 5, 2019 at 8:05 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

McDonald’s to curb antibiotic use in its beef supply

Dec. 11, 2018 at 6:38 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

EU backs plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Jun. 13, 2018 at 7:01 pm CDT

By Reuters

Talk to family, friends about farming

Dec. 20, 2017 at 4:30 pm CST

By Shannon VanRaes

Wendy’s to reduce antibiotic use in beef supply

Dec. 18, 2017 at 4:41 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — Hamburger chain Wendy’s Co. laid out plans on Friday to trim the use of antibiotics that are important to human medicine from its beef supply, the latest step by a food company to fight concerns about resistance to the drugs in people. Starting in 2018, the […]

By Tom Polansek

Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals, WHO urges farmers

Nov. 7, 2017 at 4:32 pm CST

London | Reuters – The World Health Organization urged farmers on Tuesday to stop using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals because the practice fuels dangerous drug-resistant superbug infections in people. Describing a lack of effective antibiotics for humans as “a security threat” on a par […]

By Kate Kelland

Can cranberry in feed reduce chick mortality?

Oct. 20, 2017 at 10:10 am CDT

Cranberry has long been touted as a booster of the human immune system — and it turns out that benefit may also apply to chickens. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research scientist Moussa Diarra has been exploring cranberry as an alternative to antibiotics during the critical first weeks after hatching. “In […]

By Alexis Stockford

A proper dosage of antibiotics is crucial for efficiency

Sep. 15, 2017 at 11:04 am CDT

When treating cattle with antibiotics, dewormers and other medications, it is important to use the proper dosage — which is generally determined by the weight of the animal. Thus it is crucial to know, not guess the weight. Under-dosing may not give the desired results, and overdosing in some instances […]

By — Heather Smith Thomas

McDonald’s to start cutting global antibiotic use in chickens

Aug. 23, 2017 at 12:50 pm CDT

Los Angeles | Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. on Wednesday said that it would begin curbing the use of important human antibiotics in its global chicken supply in 2018, as the fast-food giant joins a broad effort to battle dangerous superbugs. McDonald’s is requiring suppliers of its broiler chickens to begin […]