Many people believe that intensive animal production cannot go without the use of antibiotics. To a certain level they may be right, since various producers consider its use as harmless and profitable. Sometimes the use is part of the standard feed, while there is no immediate bird health issue involved. Preventive antibiotic use is then the excuse. For a long time this was accepted, but the situation changed when the first rumours about bacterial resistance made headlines in the public news me
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