Action on antibiotics
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Posted on March 10, 2015
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See what influencers are saying about the McDonald’s reactions to this and the other biggest stories in food and agriculture in this edition of Influence Feed.
categories: Media Watch
tags: antibiotics, ionophores, judicious antibiotic usageNearly 6 in 10 broiler chickens in the US are now raised without antibiotics. Is this all-or-nothing strategy necessarily a good trend? And what precautions need to be taken?
Nearly six in 10 US broilers were raised without antibiotics of any type in 2019 — but that number may have peaked.
Broilers raised without antibiotics accounted for 51% of total US production in 2018 — an 11-point jump from the previous year and, more significantly, up from 3% in 2014.
Selecting birds that are naturally more resistant to disease could help the poultry industry reduce antibiotics use in the future, say researchers.