Antibioticsfor Animals
Animals, just like humans, can suffer fromdisease. Healthy animals mean healthyfood. NOAH believes it would be arejection of our responsibility towards the production of healthy food to denyanimals access to medicines which keep them healthy. Animals need antibiotics too.
Briefing Documents
The Use of Fluoroquinolones in AnimalHealth
Environmental Benefits ofGrowth-Promoting Feed Additives
Growth-promoting antibiotics - YourQuestions Answered
Press releases
2001 animal antimicrobial figures show care for animal health (16 April 2003)
VPC Report on Antibiotic Resistance - antibiotics for animals "essential" (24 February 2003)
NOAH Responds to Organic Lobby Report (5 June 2001)
ACMSF Antibiotic Resistance Report: NOAH welcomes Government response (30 March 2000)
VMD response to June 2001 SoilAssociation report
See also
ResponsibleUse of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance website, includingguidelines on responsible use of antimicrobials.
VMD response to June 2001 Soil Associationreport
Sales ofantimicrobial products used as veterinary medicines or growth promoters in theUK in 1999, and sales ofantimicrobial products used as veterinary medicines or growth promoters from1993-1998 (both from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate)