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May/01/2019
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PISAQ Campaign 5: Antimicrobial Use in Swine Farms

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By offering free tests, this new program aims to support farmers and veterinarians engaged in a process of reducing or stopping the use of antibiotics. Theme Judicious use of antibiotics in pig farms. Objectives Assess the sanitary condition of the farm at least once a year. Improve knowledge of the health condition of the Quebec pig herd. Promote the acquisition by farmers of knowledge on antibiotic resistance. Engage and support the farmer and the veterinarian in an approach aimed at reducing the use of antibiotics and thus contribute to efforts to reduce the entire pig sector, in a proportion established at 20% by 2020, in particular by adopting or modifying breeding practices to optimize the overall health of animals.