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Tips to cut poultry antibiotic use costs

Farm chicken in a barn, eating from an automatic feeder [iStockphoto]

There is a concern worrying experts in the livestock sector. Extensive use of antibiotics in low doses by farmers whether in feed or drinking water has brought global concern for development of resistant strains of bacteria and other micro-organisms in host animals.

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