{"id":44791,"date":"2025-04-11T15:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nutrex.eu\/insights\/reduce-antibiotic-usage\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:47:15","slug":"reduce-antibiotic-usage","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/www.nutrex.eu\/en-eu\/insights\/reduce-antibiotic-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"The impact of antibiotics: strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Reduce antibiotic usage:
how to combat antimicrobial resistance in livestock?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The use of antimicrobial growth promotors (AGPs)

Are they driving the global antibiotic resistance crisis?<\/p><\/h2>\n \n

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Antibiotics<\/strong> have long been employed in livestock for disease prevention, control, and treatment. Additionally, their subtherapeutic use to promote growth enabled farmers to produce more meat using less feed. While this practice increased efficiency, it also fueled the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) <\/strong>– a\u00a0critical global threat where bacteria adapt to survive antibiotic treatments<\/strong>. AMR threatens not only animal health but also human health<\/strong> when resistant bacteria contaminate the food supply.<\/p>\n

Recognizing this alarming trend, many countries have restricted the use of antibiotics as growth promoters<\/span><\/strong>. \u00a0The European Union<\/strong> led the charge, banning such practices in 2006 and achieving notable reductions in antibiotic resistance in livestock and consumer markets. Similarly, the U.S.<\/strong> introduced FDA regulations limiting the use of medically significant antibiotics for growth promotion. Despite these advancements, progress remains uneven in other regions, where change often relies on voluntary measures.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n

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Antibiotic use in livestock and its impact on human health <\/p><\/b><\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections in humans and animals. However, the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in animals can lead to the development of antibiotic resistance<\/strong>, which is a major threat to both animal and human health.<\/p>\n

There are two main ways that antibiotic use in animals can affect human health<\/strong>:<\/p>\n