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Biosecurity is key to harmony
Biosecurity is key to harmony
Commercial livestock production has been increasing due to the high demand for food, however, this could also increase health problems both for livestock and humans if not made under the right conditions such as the right animal density per house and good management. Obviously, health complications are reducing efficiency in production and have a negative effect on turnover and general economy therefore, the disease must be controlled precisely. There are several treatments which could help disease control but none of the treatments would be effective without having good biosecurity strategies in the farm.
Biosecurity is key to control and reduce diseases in a farm and consequently reduce the overuse of antibiotics. Simply, biosecurity is helping to reduce the antibiotic resistance threat and increasing animal welfare by blocking and suppressing disease challenges with precise control (management) and obeying good hygiene and security strategies.
In a farm, there are two different types of biosecurity’: Terminal and Continuous Biosecurity.
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In Pig Topics: Cost-effective formula enhances feed intake and…
In Pig Topics: Cost-effective formula enhances feed intake and relieves stress
In edition 34 number 1 (2019) of Pig Topics Magazine page 18, XVET shares its know-how on Natural Antibiotic Growth Promoters such as Aromax, the key product based on essential oils that is also a cost-effective formula that enhances the feed intake.
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“Due to the rising problems of antibiotic resistance, eco-friendly, non-antibiotic growth promoters (NAGP) have been developed and used successfully.
It is known that plant primary and secondary compounds may beneficially affect animal health and production. They can act as immunomodulators, antioxidants, digestive stimulants or promote directly or indirectly performance and quality of animal growth.
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Coccidiosis – what now?
Coccidiosis is a great concern.
Coccidia which is a common protozoan in domestic birds and other fowl is capable of developing resistance to antibiotics. Coccidiosis affects global food production causing economic losses that are globally estimated to be around 3 billion $ per year. This loss is caused by different coccidian species such as E. acervulina, E. maxima, and E. tenella., and depending on the species of the Eimeria involved, the infestation increases intestinal problems and causes immunosuppression in poultry flocks all around the world.
In cases of subclinical coccidiosis, production performance, water, and feed intake decreases, and animals will become more vulnerable to other diseases, especially to necrotic enteritis caused by Clostridium perfringens, or Salmonella infections. If not managed properly and necessary actions are not taken, subclinical coccidiosis may develop into clinical coccidiosis. A proper prevention programme against coccidiosis will also help to decrease the linked bacterial problems of the intestinal channel as well.
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Reducing AGPs usage with Essential oils
Reducing AGPs usage with Essential oils
The rapid increase of the world population generates each year a greater demand for food products that come associated with the intensification of the production of grains as well as of animal protein. Along with the technological development of animal rearing that is increasingly efficient, there are new requirements related to social issues, to food safety and to the environment arise. In recent years, the widespread use of antibiotics for the treatment of diseases in humans and animals and, also, in animal production has been raised as a matter of importance in food safety and public health. With the increase of these concerns, the animal rearing is being pointed as one of the great villains of the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
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Footpad dermatitis in a NAGP program
Footpad dermatitis in a NAGP program
Healthy animals just like healthy people, don’t need antimicrobials, and not all infections and diseases, need to be treated with antibiotics. Misuse, excessive use, or wrong use of antibiotics in humans and animals, is known to be the primary cause of the rise of superbugs, bacteria that have grown resistant to many antibiotics.
Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat, with major economic and health impact. World Bank estimated that drug-resistant infections will be responsible for a drag between 1.1 and 3.8% by 2050, on global GDP (Gross Domestic Products). A two years’ review in the UK concluded that 700,000 deaths each year can be attributed to Antimicrobial resistance.
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Methods of Reducing Bacterial resistance by lessantibiotics.com Ambassador Dr.…
Methods of reducing the bacterial resistance
Dr. Zeinali, a very experienced clinical veterinarian in the poultry industry has for many years explored effective approaches to reducing Antibiotic Growth Promoters in animal rearing and consequently reducing bacterial resistance. In this article Dr. Zeinali shares short but on-point insights on how you can also create a “Better Tomorrow” by adopting a NAGP approach.
” I have worked for more than 32 years as a clinical veterinarian and consultant with a focus on diagnosis, treatment, prevention, nutrition, management in layer breeder, broiler breeder, commercial layer, and commercial broiler farms.
According to my extensive background and experience I recommend following principles to reduce the consumption of the treatment antibiotics and eliminate the growth promotor antibiotics in the poultry industry:
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Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018
XVETs’ stand on Antibiotic Awareness Week by World Health Organization
Antibiotics are antimicrobial agents which have been employed to inhibit infections caused by bacteria. We have to mention of course that antibiotics have revolutionized human health and animal production. Antibiotics were widely used for treatment purposes, and in sub-therapeutic dosages as a growth promoter or prophylaxis in animal production. However due to the abuse, and the inclusion of human antibiotics into this practice, lately the ideal of “farm-to-fork” safe food concept has been altered, resulting in considerable risks for consumers. The biggest being antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and their impact on human health. Those molecules which became ineffective through bacterial resistance, are causing now higher medical costs, prolonged hospital stays, and increased death cases. Surprisingly, 25,000 people are dying each year across Europe from antimicrobial-resistant infections. Moreover, U.K. government estimates that drug-resistant microbes could cause more than 10 million deaths, and cost the global economy $100 trillion by the year 2050.
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Life after antibiotics
Life after antibiotics
Antibiotics have been widely used in animal production for many years now, mainly for therapeutic purposes, additionally for prophylaxis, and finally as a growth promoter in sub-therapeutic dosages. In accordance of the Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration of 1992, which arbours the idea, “Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty, shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation”, first the developed European countries such as Sweden, and following that the whole European Union area, have banned the use of antibiotic growth promoters, and also have limited the use of molecules that are relevant to human health, in livestock. Finally this year USA has joined the regulation and as well as Far East countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, etc. also are following a strong projection of decreasing the antibiotic usage in general. This positive approach, of course, brings a certain responsibility of such as improving the biosecurity, enhancing management measures, focusing on nutrition, the handling of the digestive tract, the use of functional additives, whilst most important of them focusing on tissue integrity, immunity, reducing oxidative stress, and also aiming to decrease as much as possible the bacterial load, that will be shed to the environment.
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