UK vet addresses need to reduce CIAs

A UK vet addresses that dairy farmers and vets in the UK should aim to stop using critically important antibiotics (CIAs) in herds by 2020 in order to prevent the increase in antimicrobial resistance. Farmers Weekly reports that David Barrett, Professor of bovine medicine, production and reproduction at the University of Bristol, says it is possible to stop the use of CIAs in herds, without having an impact on production. A study at Bristol University’s farm animal vet practice found that by