Arable
Disease control within crop production systems has been very much centred on the development of complex organic chemicals such as fungicides
Dairy
A new study Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) highlights that improving livestock productivity is key to reducing global antibiotic use.
N.Ireland
The FAO has launched an action-oriented, country-focused initiative to reduce the need for antimicrobials on farms.
Agri-Business
Mileutis, an Israeli-based biopharmaceutical animal and human health company has completed a...
The UK pig industry has reduced its antibiotics use by 75% in eight years, the AHDB has said today (Tuesday, June 13).
A new University of Oxford study has revealed that antimicrobial overuse in livestock production...
Making cows identifiable is important as dairy farmers make their final preparations for a return...
The latest official statistics confirm that antibiotic usage within UK agriculture fell by 50%...
International leaders in human and animal health are set to convene on April 29, to accelerate work tackling antimicrobial resistance.
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has had to...
The UK government has recently published the annual Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance (VARSS) report for 2019.
Beef
A Northern Ireland research initiative into antibiotic usage has shown "early promising results",...
Pig/Poultry
The latest antibiotic usage figures for the UK pig industry show that levels remain unchanged last year, despite significant disease challenges.
A new report by a group encouraging farmers to reduce their antibiotic use, claims that US livestock received on average 5.4 times more antibiotics in 2018 than their UK counterparts.
The BVA has welcomed Wales’ new five-year plan to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals and the environment.
Officials in Northern Ireland plan to launch a new AMR Animal Health stakeholder group to help...
Antibiotics in livestock account for just 26% of the UK's total antibiotics use, a report published today has revealed.
