New criteria would increase the number of antibiotics considered critical to human health A new proposal by the […]

Copper can act as a substitute for antibiotics in poultry diets, but high levels can cause side effects […]

Over the past decade, sales of veterinary antibiotics have fallen by more than one-third, according to the latest […]

Probiotics restore growth, gut health when used to replace antibiotics in recent University of Illinois research At least […]

Sales of antibiotics for veterinary use, animal feed jump 9% in 2018, but cause of increase remains unclear […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is accepting public comments on a plan to bring the remaining […]

World must find a way to help developing countries transition away from using antibiotics in animal feed, researcher […]

Understanding how antibiotic growth promoters work provides pathways to boost performance while reducing reliance on antimicrobials and preserving their medicinal value. Seven decades on, there is still uncertainty regarding how antibiotics work. Research continues to investigate the mode of action of AGPs which can be substituted by novel feed additives.