Case Study: Veterinary Drugs

- Developing alternatives to drug treatments e.g. vaccines and bacteriophage therapy as an alternative to livestock antibiotics.
- Educating farmers and producers on livestock management practices which reduce drug usage
- Expand the scope of residue testing in animal food products to ensure it encompasses relevant new and emerging veterinary drugs
- Research to fill knowledge gaps such as the types and amounts of veterinary drugs used; a measure of the residues in the environment; the extent to which drug residues are recycled in the food chain; and the occurrence of resistant target species.
What we would like you to do
Do you think educating farmers on management practices can make a substantial benefit to animal health at the farm?Please share your thoughts in the comments below.Farm to Fork: Sustainable Food Production in a Changing Environment

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