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Article
Economic Impact of a Ban on the Use of Over-the-Counter Antibiotics
CARD Staff Reports
Publication Date
12-1-1999
Series Number
99-SR 90
Abstract
Because antibiotic drugs are widely used in starter, grower, finishing, and sow feeds, a ban on their use would impact pork production processes and practices, and therefore would have an economic impact on the U.S. pork industry and pork market. This study considers the economic effects of a ban in pork production, with no change of regulation on other meats. The authors examine the evidence from a range of cases from Sweden to describe what is most likely to occur if a ban on antibiotic drugs in pork production were to be implemented in the United States.
Disciplines
Copyright Owner
Iowa State University
Copyright Date
1999
Citation Information
Dermot J. Hayes, Helen H. Jensen, Lennart Backstrom and Jay Fabiosa. "Economic Impact of a Ban on the Use of Over-the-Counter Antibiotics" (1999) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dermot_hayes/107/