... UK makes significant cuts in poultry antibiotic use
Sep 05, 2017Susan Spiegel
The UK poultry sector has reduced its antibiotic use by more than 70% over four years, according to latest industry figures.
... Q&A: What’s behind FDA’s updated veterinary feed directive?
Oct 11, 2016PHT Editor
VFD News Center Q&A is a series of interviews about the updated veterinary feed directive.
... FDA lists two principles for “judicious” antimicrobial use
Oct 04, 2016PHT Editor
FDA strongly acknowledges that effective antimicrobials are critically important for combating infectious disease in both humans and animals.
... How FDA will measure success of new VFD rule
Jun 14, 2016PHT Editor
FDA has target dates in place for finalizing its data-collection plan and for determining whether efforts to promote the “judicious use” of antibiotics in food animals is having an impact on...
... Judicious antibiotic use: What does it mean in poultry?
Apr 29, 2016PHT Editor
By
Dennis P. Wages, DVM, Dipl. ACPV
Professor, Poultry Health Management
Department of Population Health and Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine — North Carolina State University
... Editorial – Judicious antibiotic use: How should the poultry industry be judged?
Apr 27, 2016PHT Editor
Beginning in January 2017, FDA will require veterinarians to issue a veterinary feed directive, or VFD, for any medically important antibiotics administered through poultry or livestock feed.
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... Specialists explore new options for managing flock health while defending judicious antibiotic use
Mar 27, 2016PHT Editor
Growing demand for poultry raised without food-animal antibiotics has put more pressure on veterinarians to find alternative yet dependable disease-control options, according to a panel of nine...
... Free 2015 AAAP Proceedings Booklet
Jan 21, 2016PHT Editor
Pressures to reduce or eliminate antibiotics from poultry production have created new health and welfare challenges for chickens and turkeys. In this lively roundtable discussion, poultry industry...
... White House forum targets antibiotic resistance, promotes responsible use in farm animals
Mar 05, 2015PHT Editor
A recent White House forum on antibiotic stewardship brought together more than 150 key players from human and animal health constituencies in an effort to ensure responsible antibiotic use and...
