Antibiotics in Animal Feed May Be on the Way Out
By Liong Min Tze
February 2021 VOICES OF USM
WE ARE WHAT we eat, as the saying goes. We keep diligent tabs on our food consumption by studying food labels for their ingredients, nutritional values and benefits. But a component that often escapes notice is the presence of antibiotics. Antibiotics were first introduced in broiler production in the 1940s, to enhance growth and feed efficiency and to reduce the mortality rate. Later, antibiotics were used as a growth promoter in poultry feed; and although no rigorous testing had been...
Liong Min Tze
School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia
