For many years, antibiotics have been added to animal feed to help control harmful bacteria and improve growth. But amid concerns about antibiotic resistance—when bacteria adapt to survive treatments that would normally kill them—poultry producers are trying alternatives, including probiotics…
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September 25, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Age, not feed additives, affects antimicrobial resistance genes in chickens
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