UK vet addresses need to reduce antibiotics

Voluntary reductions in the use of Critically Important Antibiotics (CIAs) must be accelerated to future-proof the UK cattle industry against the threat of legislation and regulation. This was the message from Professor David Barrett, speaking at the MSD Animal Health sponsored National Mastitis Panel, who said that more widespread understanding of the issues is urgently required, particularly amongst farmers and cattle vets if real progress is to be made. “There are some notable examples of