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Antibiotics opponents overestimate use in pork production: NPPC
Story Date: 4/12/2012
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Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 4/11/12
Critics of antibiotics use in livestock production overestimate the amount of drugs administered to food animals, the National Pork Producers Council said, citing a recent Kansas State University study.
The study, led by KSU’s Mike Apley and published in the March issue of Foodborne Pathogens & Disease, studied data from a 2006 USDA swine survey and a 2009 survey of swine veterinarians. Apley’s team determined that pork producers use some 1.6 million pounds of antibiotics for growth promotion/nutritional efficiency.
The finding contradicts a 2001 report, “Hogging It,” from the Union of Concerned Scientists that put the number at 10.3 million pounds.
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