Antibiotic free: what does it mean and what to deal with coccidiosis in Poultry? (Part I)

calendar icon 1 May 2021
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The meaning of antibiotic free products can cause some confusion, mainly because there is no official or international accepted description of what it is and how to classify different types of “antibiotic-free” products or production. Further complications come with anticoccidials for prevention of coccidiosis in poultry. In fact, in some countries they are classified as antimicrobials and as such they have to be withdrawn from “antibiotic-free” productions.

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Laurence Williams

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