New research published by the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine assesses antimicrobial use in swine herds.
Lead researcher Peter Davies tells Brownfield the Food and Drug Administration initiated the study with support from the National Pork Board to get a closer look at food animal production.
“There are a lot of concerns because this is a very sensitive area politically, so people were rightfully concerned about how the data would be used, the confidentiality, those sorts of things.
