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Antibiotic use drops before VFD begins
Dec 8, 2017, 11:32 AM
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The US Food and Drug Administration says the use of antibiotics in food animals dropped considerably in 2016 before the Veterinary Feed Directive guidelines were required. The FDA released a report saying sales and distribution of the drugs were down 10% from 2015 to 2016.
The report says Tetracycline accounted for 70% of sales and remain the most commonly sold antibiotic with more than 5-million kilograms sold, but that is a 15% drop from 2015.
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