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Herbals against roundworm infections in pigs
Herbals against roundworm infections in pigs

Trials to test the prevention of parasitic roundworm infections by the use of herbal treatment are soon to be carried out by Wageningen University’s Animal Sciences Group (ASG) in the Netherlands.

Threonine could replace growth promoters
Threonine could replace growth promoters

Adding amino acids like threonine and lysine completely compensates the lack of growth promoters in pig feed.

Antibiotic resistance still an issue in EU and US
Antibiotic resistance still an issue in EU and US

Despite declines of in-feed antibiotics (totally in the EU and partly in the US), resistance issues are still a problem, according to scientists and livestock industry members.
 

US: antibiotics phased out in two years time
US: antibiotics phased out in two years time

Bills have been introduced in the US Congress that would phase out within two years the non-therapeutic use in animal feed of antibiotics that are deemed important to human medicine. They also would require manufacturers to submit information on the amounts of such drugs sold.

US pig producers against antibiotic ban
US pig producers against antibiotic ban

US pig producers fear the proposed bill that should ban antibiotics will bring them more rules to follow.

More research needed into MRSA bacteria
More research needed into MRSA bacteria

Research to the so-called MRSA bacteria in the Netherlands should not only be carried out in pig industry, but in all other sectors of livestock industry as well.

Survey: Asians keen on NGPs
Survey: Asians keen on NGPs

A Biomin survey, held by Kasetsart University graduate students during the last VIV Asia in Bangkok, revealed that developments in Europe are being watched very carefully in Asia.

Alpharma strengthens its position in China
Alpharma strengthens its position in China

Drug developer Alpharma Inc. has bought Shenzhou Tongde Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. a China-based company involved in the production of antibiotics for livestock. Financial terms of the deal for were not disclosed.

UK: fear for MRSA infection through pigs
UK: fear for MRSA infection through pigs

Research by the British Soil Association into MRSA problems in e.g. the Netherlands, has triggered concerns about the status of the UK herd.

Ractopamine may return in Taiwanese pork
Ractopamine may return in Taiwanese pork

The Department of Health (DOH) in Taiwan plans to relax a ban on ractopamine in livestock to permit low residue levels of the veterinary drug in pigs and cattle.

 

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