When used appropriately, antibiotics play a major role in restoring the health of cows, calves, and heifers on dairy farms

Just as in human medicine, antibiotics can serve as a useful treatment tool when a dairy animal becomes sick

Antibiotic usage and antibiotic resistance are two topics that continue to generate concern throughout the world’s food and medical communities

A tanker load of milk that comes up positive for antibiotic residue is a nightmare that every dairy farm takes steps to prevent

The United States dairy industry has made great improvement in recent years in reducing antibiotic residues. In the past quarter century, the sector’s hard work has allowed it to cut milk truck residues...

When it comes to positive tanker loads of milk for antibiotic residues, dairy farmers collectively reached a new threshold for quality control

There’s a developing story on the livestock front . . . from 2015 to 2017, antibiotic sales for livestock dropped by 29 percent

It has been another year in which consumer wants and needs are changing the way animals are raised and foods are marketed

The raised without antibiotics (RWA) program has gained steam in consumer circles

When it comes to positive tank loads of milk for antibiotic residues, dairy farmers matched the previous year’s historic accomplishment

Worried citizens have been calling for a reduction in the use of antibiotics to treat food-producing animals, and it seems that farms are quietly responding

Two surgeries. Two hospitalizations. Four different antibiotics. I’m still praying that this fourth antibiotic does what it’s supposed to