WASHINGTON — To help provide insight into the current and future use of antibiotic use in poultry, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association has released a new video featuring two noted experts, Dr. Randy Singer, associate professor of epidemiology, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Medicine, University of Minnesota, and Dr. Charles Hofacre, professor, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, University of Georgia.
Singer and Hofacre provide information on why antibiotics are given to poultry, how antibiotics are provided, how the decision is made to treat with antibiotics, how antibiotic use in poultry affects antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens. . .