date:May 27, 2014
Great progress is being made in The Netherlands towards its declared aim of reducing the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry production, Dr Hetty van Beers of the Dutch animal health authority told at a special conference at VIV Europe 2014 last week.
National results to be published in June will show a 50 to 60 per cent reduction in antibiotics usage in 2013 compared with the start of the campaign in 2007.
The government target of a 70 per cent cut-back by 2015 still looks hard to rea