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Antibiotic use in animals

Four cows standing in a grass paddock.

For several decades, antibiotics were added to animal feed as growth promoters. Veterinarians raised concerns about the increased risk of antibiotic resistance. This use of antibiotics that are significant to human and animal health was banned in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2002.

Rights: Sarah Macmillian, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 
Published:19 June 2023Size: 1.22 MB