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Growth Promotant Antibiotic Trial

Published: October 20, 2010
Summary
In recent years, the use of in-feed growth promoting antibiotics has come under some criticism because of the potential risk of bacteria acquiring resistance to specific antibiotics and the detrimental effects that this may have on human health. This has led to the banning of the use of some antibiotics for swine by the European Union (EU). This leads one wonder if similar bans could be imposed i...
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Authors:
Dr. Dan Hurnik
University of Prince Edward Island
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Ricard Navàs
HOKOVIT
21 de octubre de 2010

Dear Dr. Hurnink,
I find you article very interesting article about Growth Promotant Antibiotic Trial. since it follows the same line as our company has been doing for almost 40 years in our country in Switzerland and abroad developing immunity building micronutrition. The fact is antibiotics and growth promoting antibiotics do not replace pigs’ immunity and health as they do not allow the animal to develop their own body in a genetically natural way. The more antibiotics you use, the more resistances are created because the pathogen pressure is a matter to be solved by the immune system.
Our experience shows us the way pigs develop their maximum performance, as long as farm management and genetics are correct, is when you succeed developing their immune and metabolic systems to their full and such a goal cannot be achieved by antibiotics administered in-feed as any other feed ingredient. Another different thing is using antibiotics therapeutically when there’s a serious problem to fix. Sincerely.

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