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Swiss pork farming antibiotic ban slow to take hold

This content was published on Jan 26, 2001 Farmers use antibiotics to promote growth in pigs, so increasing financial turnover on farms. But they also prevent infection amongst the animals. Federal Veterinary Office spokesman Heinz Müller said that since the 1999 ban farmers had found their pigs were more likely to catch infections. They were therefore continuing to administer antibiotics to their animals…