Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 12/5/16

Changes to the way livestock producers administer medically-important antibiotics to food-producing animals will take effect January 1, 2017. Specifically, a veterinarian must write a veterinary feed directive before the antibiotic can be administered in feed or water. Farm Foundation is working with the Animal Health Institute to help educate livestock producers about the changes.

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