Preventing the need for ‘prevention’

Antimicrobial resistance is a well-documented knock-on effect of the over-use of antibiotics as a prevention method to maintain animal health and performance. But, as the noose around the neck of sub-therapeutic antibiotic use in livestock tightens, with various national and international regulations coming into force, different modes of ‘prevention’ are needed. As Cat Berge observes in her article ‘Antibiotic reduction in animal production’, the majority of antibiotics used in