Salmon Farms Use 700kg of Antibiotics in Two Weeks
Salmon companies have used around 700 kilograms of the antibiotic florfenicol at three sites in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel in the last two weeks, budget estimates committee hearings have heard.
The quantity is more than three times the total antibiotics used by the industry statewide last year.
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority approved the use of the antibiotic florfenicol to treat the disease piscirickettsia salmonis in farmed salmon on November 11...
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