Category: FAQ

WHY ARE CHICKENS TODAY SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THE ONES MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO EAT?

As the number of people appreciating chicken meat increased, the need arose to find a balanced solution between production and
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I AM CONCERNED ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS USED IN CHICKEN FARMS

Antibiotics are rarely used and are only one of many tools farmers use to keep their chickens healthy. Professional flocks
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WE HEAR ABOUT THE ANIMAL WELFARE OF BROILERS, GROWTH RATES, SPACE ON FARMS ETC. HOW DO I REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POULTRY INDUSTRY DOES?

Chicken breeders and producers carefully care for their chickens raised for meat, and today it can be said that chickens
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There are people who accuse intensive livestock farms of doing preventive group treatments even when not necessary

Group treatment of animals is understood when medicated feed is used, through drinking water and feed, which are safer and
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Some animal welfare associations are trying to get the idea of even the use of antibiotics in animals removed

This would be a very dangerous choice because antibiotics should instead be available when necessary, but be used with great
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They say they use antibiotics preventively to compensate for poor hygiene on farms

Chickens, like people, can also get sick even if they are kept under the best conditions. All animals are recognised
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It is said that the overuse of antibiotics in chickens lowers people’s defences against bacteria

No. The development of bacterial resistance to antibiotics is the same in humans and chickens. It is always the misuse
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They say that antibiotics in excessive quantities in chickens are given because the people in charge are not competent

Antibiotics in chickens may only be used after examination, diagnosis and prescription by a veterinary doctor. All veterinarians working for
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A vegan friend told me that antibiotics are present in intensively farmed chicken meat

No. For each veterinary antibiotic in the EU there are very strict withdrawal times before slaughter, to give the animal
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They say that more antibiotics are used for chickens on intensive farms than for humans

In the EU, antibiotics are used only when necessary and in any case, when the need arises, antibiotics are not
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