Antibiotics in
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feed additives that can usually be
used for the same purposes
although they are probably more
expensive and not quite as ef
fective.”
According to the Animal Health
Institute m Arlington, Virginia,
producers purchased $271 million
worth of antibacterial feed ad
ditives (which include antibiotics)
in 1983, the latest year for which
figures are available.
A 1981 study by the Council for
Agricultural Science and
Technology (CAST) nails down
other numbers involved. It says a
cost of $3.5 billion to consumers in
increased meat prices would result
from the banning of all animal uses
of penicillin and severe restric
tions on the use of tetracycline in
feeds.
Burbee says another analysis
using new data on drug use and
costs of substitute products and
production methods-is necessary
before a “definitive statement
about today’s cost unpacts can be
made.”
In fact, Burbee is looking at the
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economic impact of proposals to
restrict or ban the us of some
antibiotics. He says his findings
will be released later this year.
Pork Producers
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Neither cattle feeders nor
poultry producers are as depen
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It’s estimated that about three
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One reason is that modern, cost
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“There’s been a flattening-out in
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The seasonal incentive plan
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