Bulgaria Cattlemen's Union calls on MEPs to vote against ban on antibiotics

Published Aug 27, 2021

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The National Union of Cattle Breeders in Bulgaria (NSGB) has opposed a proposed antibiotics ban on livestock farms, warning it could lead to the trade of smuggled medicines from non-EU countries. In a letter to various European and Bulgarian institutions, the NSGB expressed concerns over how sick animals would be treated with a significant reduction in antibiotics. The union also supports a petition by the Federal Association of Veterinary Practitioners - Germany against the ban, arguing that it goes against animal welfare and could result in inadequate treatment of many diseases. The NSGB's letter highlights that only 5% of antibiotic resistance stems from animal farming and warns of detrimental effects on animal therapy and welfare.

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The National Union of Cattle Breeders in Bulgaria (NSGB) announced in a letter to European and Bulgarian institutions against the ban on antibiotics on livestock farms. The letter was addressed to Bulgarian MEPs, the chairman of the parliamentary agricultural committee Plamen Arbovski, the caretaker Minister of Agriculture Hristo Bozukov and the director of the BFSA Hristo Valchanov with a request for support. The NSGB asks what we will do with sick animals when the great reduction in antibiotics used in livestock farms becomes a reality. According to the union, this will trigger the suitcase trade in medicines that will be imported from neighboring non-EU countries. The Union of Cattle Breeders recalls that the Federal Association of Veterinary Practitioners - Germany, has started collecting signatures from owners of animals of all animal species against the large-scale ban on the use of many antibiotics used to treat animals. "On the eve of the final vote in Brussels in ...

Source: Agroplovdiv