Superbugs need to be on everyone’s agenda

One of the topics of the recently held VIV summit Latin America in Buenos Aires was the reduction of antibiotics in poultry husbandry. For many it was a hard nut to crack. EXPERT On one hand, there is a tradition of using antibiotics, partly for growth promotion, but mainly for disease management. On the other hand, only a small part of the worldwide antimicrobial resistance can be directly related to poultry production. Some might argue that the implications of producing poultry without o