The path of least resistance

Globally, it is recognised that there is no so-called ‘silver bullet’ to replace antibiotic use in animal production and producers will also have to focus on incremental improvements in hygiene and husbandry to address the issue. Antibiotic resistance has the potential to become one of the most significant problems of our generation, given the ever-increasing rise in bacterial strains that are becoming less and less sensitive to existing treatments. Currently, there is political pressure wo