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AMR and high costs plague livestock industry

High raw material costs and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are two important challenges the animal protein industry faces, says Juan Ignacio Fernandez, Managing Director at...

Can veterinary oversight mitigate AMR?

The Veterinary Drug Use Monitoring System (Vet-DRUMS), which will automate the prescription system, can help provide data showing whether antibiotics are being used responsibly...

AB Vista forges ahead with emphasis on gut health solutions

On the sidelines of VIV Asia 2023, AB Vista, Managing Director, Juan Ignacio Fernandez talks to Asian Agribiz on the future growth strategies of...

Indonesia, FAO launch roadmap to reduce AMR in livestock

Indonesia will reduce the preventive use of antimicrobials in livestock by up to 40% by 2029. The Ministry of Agriculture and the FAO recently...

Five concrete steps to control AMR

Indonesia’s Ministry of Agriculture, together with WOAH, FAO, and local poultry and pharmaceutical industries, declared five steps to prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR). First, use...

Medion stages discussion on AMR

Indonesia’s animal health company Medion recently staged a discussion about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by inviting Jaap Wagenaar, Professor of Clinical Infectiology of the Faculty...

Pakistan sets up lab for AMR surveillance

The Livestock and Dairy Development Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, has set up a Disease Investigation Laboratory to investigate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in livestock....

Antimicrobial use in animals trends downwards – WOAH

The use of antimicrobials in animal production worldwide fell by 27% between 2016 and 2018, a new report from the World Organization for Animal...

Bangladesh needs campaign to tackle antibiotic overuse

Antibiotic overuse in poultry farming in Bangladesh is breeding the rise of ‘superbugs’ that cannot be managed with traditional treatments, according to multiple studies. A...

Anand Agri Uni raises issue of antimicrobial resistance

Researchers at Anand Agricultural University (AAU) in Gujarat, India, have produced a local-language pamphlet on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to circulate among the poultry stakeholders...

Antibiotic residues in meat too negligible to build resistance

Antibiotic residues in meat are negligible that the likelihood of building resistance is extremely low. “AGPs are used in medicated feed form, where the...

Helping tackle anti-microbial resistance

Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) poses a major societal health threat. The misuse and overuse of antibiotics in human medicine and animal production are two of...

Should AGP be banned in pig production?

While Thailand and Indonesia have banned antibiotic growth promoters, they remain in use in Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines. ISA Q TAN and the...

Should AGP be banned in pig production?

While Thailand and Indonesia have banned antibiotic growth promoters, they remain in use in Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines. ISA Q TAN and the...

Transform formed to combat antimicrobial resistance

A five-year, USD 33 million Transformational Strategies for Farm Output Risk Mitigation (Transform) consortium has been formed to combat the threat of antimicrobial resistance...

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