Antibiotic-Free Pork Production Offers Marketing Advantage
A veterinarian with Southwest Vets suggests swine farms capable of eliminating antibiotic use could have a marketing advantage over farms than can’t
by Bruce Cochrane – Farmscape.ca
Antibiotics or Not? will be among the topics discussed as part of Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium 2022 November 15 and 16 in Saskatoon.
Dr. Greg Wideman, a veterinarian with South West Vets, says the market does signal that there is a consumer appetite for pork from pigs that are raised without antibiotics.
“I think that antibiotic use in food animal production remains a really high priority issue because of our understanding about antimicrobial resistance”
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