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FAO published a report on animal nutrition strategies to reduce the use of antimicrobials in animal production FAO’s publication helps producers use nutritional strategies to reduce the use of antibiotics in their farms. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing threat to both human and animal health, and has reached concerning levels in many parts of the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) published the Guidelines on Use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals. These include antibiotics, which are defined as naturally occurring, semi-synthetic or synthetic substances with bacteriocidal or bacteriostatic properties at concentrations attainable in vivo. Antibiotics used in human medicine are categorized as ‘important’ - ‘highly important’ or ‘critically important’. Amongst those classed as critically important to human medicine, there are antibiotics such as aminoglycosides, third- and fourth-generation
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