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28 ❙ WATTPoultryUSA ANTIBIOTIC USE IN POULTRY higher input costs. At the farm level, she said a ban on use of antibiotics for production purposes could mean more feed required, a greater number of young animals purchased, the need for more expensive biosecurity measures, adjustments in housing to create more space per animal which production-purpose antibiotics would be potentially banned. On the supply side, a 1-3 percent decline in productivity from not using antibiotics for production purposes could lower the quantity of animals produced and increase the price of producing poultry and pigs. Another Learn more about concern at the market level, she said, may be that a antibiotic use in ban may make the U.S. market less competitive in food producing the global market if producers have a higher cost of production. animals: Poultry As for the effects on demand, Sneeringer said supply chain that U.S. consumers may demand more meat, discusses antibiotics, consumer trust, although this is highly dependent on consumer www.WATTAgNet.com/articles/25236 knowledge and preferences for meat. More widely supported, she said, is the possibility that foreign and declining economies of scale. Plus, producers could buyers who previously rejected U.S. poultry and pig prodbe hit with higher expenses - both in the form of labor ucts due to the production-purpose use of antibiotics may costs for more management and penalties at market for begin allowing them. animals outside of range for operations using mechanized Overall, Sneeringer's researched showed only a muted processing as a result of having a greater number of anieffect at the market level should production-use antibiotics mals at extreme ends of the weight scale. be banned in the U.S. with the effect on price and quantity of less than 1 percent. Producers who are not using antiEffects at the market level biotics before a restriction would be imposed should see At the market level, a ban on antibiotics used in a greater quantity produced compared to those producers poultry and pigs could impact both supply and demand, using antibiotics who may see a decline of about 1.5 perthough Sneeringer said the impact largely depends on the cent in quantity produced due to lower reproduction and extent of the effects on the animal and the timespan in higher mortality rates. ■ PROUDLY MADE IN THE USA!! AVAILABLE IN TOOL STEEL AND STAINLESS STEEL ENDBLOCKS & BUSHINGS AVAILABLE FOR ALL ROLLERS "Quality, A Family Tradition" Gizzard Harvestor Peeling Rollers Breast Cleaning Rollers LONGER LIFE THAN MOST OEM PARTS Manual/Repeel Assembly Rollers Neck Rollers DELONG'S POULTRY PROCESSING, REPLACEMENT ROLLERS AND EQUIPMENT * 40 years of expertise * Peeling & Skinning rollers for Chicken & Turkey Processing * Manual/Repeel Peeling Rollers & Assemblies * Breast Cleaning & Skinning Rollers * Replacement rollers for Old & New OEM Gizzard Harvestors * Neck Skinning Rollers * Your one stop source for rollers for ALL processing machines * Specialized Rollers to Specs at Customer Request 478-743-9134 * Heart & Liver Separator Rollers | www.delongs.com www.WATTAgNet.com ❙ February 2016
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