Measuring antibiotic usage on your dairy farm
How many types of antibiotics does your farm use? How does your usage compare to other farms? Measuring something as complex as antibiotic usage on your dairy farm can seem intimidating, but MSU faculty and Extension staff can help. Only 9% of consumers surveyed perceived no threat to their personal health based on antibiotic usage […]
Antibiotic drugs on livestock cut carbon in soil and affect climate
Researchers at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have found that grazing by livestock leads to lower carbon storage in soil compared to grazing by wild herbivores. In a study conducted in the Spiti region of the Himalayas and which was published in Global Change Biology, CES researchers found that […]