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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

 

        General overview

        Antibiotic Resistance

        The Use of Fluoroquinolones in AnimalHealth

        Anticoccidials

        Why In-Feed Antimicrobials?

        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)