Don't miss the upcoming webinar on antibiotic reduction hosted by All About Feed, which will be held on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 15.00 CET in collaboration with Novus and Agrana.

Due to the increase in antibiotic resistance and the existing problems of ensuring that drugs remain effective for human health, reducing antibiotics is a major topic in the animal husbandry industry, and it is also an important and serious issue involving human health.

This webinar will explore the challenges surrounding the reduction of antibiotics and the opportunities to get rid of antibiotic use in the livestock industry. Livestock disease management and the use of antibiotics have become the focus of attention in the past few years. The pressure to reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock production is increasing, and doing so will have a direct impact on human health. But how can we keep animals healthy while reducing the use of antibiotics? What are the alternative solutions? What improvements can be made to solve this pressing problem? We discussed these issues in this webinar.

1. Dr. Brad Lawrence, Senior Technical Manager of Novus' North American Pork Business Team, will introduce:

"Sows-the first critical step to successfully reduce antibiotics in offspring"

• The challenge we face to optimize each sow weaned piglet,

• How the sow became our first opportunity to overcome these challenges

• How trace mineral nutrition can play a bigger role than you think in the success of these pigs

2. Agrana Global Technical Sales and Innovation Manager Ana Gavrău will talk about:

"Natural betaine-a nutritional adjuvant in strategies aimed at reducing antibiotics"

Natural betaine is more than just a "backup tool." Since betaine is a multifunctional nutrient, its application can bring many benefits:

• Livestock health-especially intestinal health

3. Dave Thompson, MSU pig production expansion educator, will study in depth:

"The U.S. meat/dairy industry strives to reduce the use of medically important antimicrobial drugs"

• American farmers and commodity groups recognize the importance of the global One Health initiative and are taking steps to help maintain the efficacy of medically important antimicrobial drugs

• Stakeholder surveys conducted after the VFD generally show that there are more positive factors than negative factors related to responsible antimicrobial use programs.

• Emerging technologies/practices to further reduce dependence on medically important antimicrobial drugs.