For the past three years, the Chain Reaction report on antibiotic use in the supply chain for the top U.S. restaurant chains has graded those chains on their antibiotic use in all species of meat animals, including chicken, turkeys, pigs and beef cattle.

Phytogenic feed additives, also known as plant-based feed additives or botanicals, can be used effectively in antibiotic-free production.

The industry should take a balanced approach to using antibiotics in poultry production.

Biomin's 2018 World Nutrition Forum shed light on “Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in the Protein Economy”

The American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) Chief Economist Matthew J. Salois, PhD, presented to the New York Academy of Sciences on Sept. 28 on the implications of raising animals without antibiotics.

Offering greater clarity into the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria associated with meat from poultry and pigs, a new independent study has been welcomed by industry bodies in the United Kingdom as a clear baseline from which to identify future developments. Following a recent vote, other European Union states will be under pressure to carry out and publish similar studies.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has unveiled its five-year action plan for supporting antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary settings.

BRF has launched a new line of chicken products, in which the birds used for the products will be raised without antibiotics and will be fed a vegetable-based feed.

Removing antibiotics from poultry growing means keeping a clean water system is more important than ever before.

Reducing animal antibiotic usage to acceptable levels remains an indefinable target despite the best efforts, even by the most ardent believers of this quest.