Herbs oust antibiotics
Because of restrictions on the use of antibiotics, livestock farmers are increasingly resorting to herbal remedies, bacterial drinks and other natural products to make and keep their animals healthy....
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Review of Evidence on Antimicrobial Resistance and Animal Agriculture in...
Interesting article on ILRI website: the rise of antimicrobial resistance (lethal) and animal agriculture (critical): Their links in developing countries Review of Evidence on Antimicrobial Resistance...
View ArticleInternational symposium: Green solutions for reducing antibiotics, 1 October...
Green solutions for reducing antibiotics International collaboration to promote the use, validation and marketing of herbal products in dairy farming This symposium will highlight the current state of...
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Volunteer opportunities on Dutch organic farms
Dutch Farm Experience regularly receives requests from individuals who are seeking temporary (volunteer) work on a farm in the Netherlands. This can indeed be a very interesting experience! It would be...
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Dutch Farm Experience presents antibiotic reduction strategy at World Bank
Dr. Katrien van’t Hooft, director of Dutch Farm Experience, presented the Natural Livestock Farming network strategy to reduce Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) and use of antibiotics in dairy farming....
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A week with two successful farm tours
“Great, very inspiring farms. This has been extremely informative. It is well organized. Thanks Dr. Katrien for the great power point presentation. I am extremely impressed, well done. “ (Dr. Diana...
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New article: “Hidden effects of dairy farming on public and environmental...
This peer-reviewed article by Dr. Maria Groot and Dr. Katrien van’t Hooft was published by Frontiers in Public Health (February 2016, volume 4, article 12). The article discusses the differences and...
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Dairy Wheel: Successful monitoring tool for dairy farming in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has countless number of rural families and women that keep one or two cows each. They keep them in small sheds alongside the house, providing them with bits of grass and other green fodder...
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Natural Livestock Farming 5-layered strategy to reduce the use of antibiotics...
Natural Livestock Farming (NLF) is the organization continuously engaged in knowledge exchange programs for reduced use of antibiotics and other chemicals in dairy farming. Dutch Farm Experience is one...
View ArticleSuccesful 3-day visit Irish dairy farmers!
Besides tours for mixed groups of students and scientists, Dutch Farm Experience also organizes special visits for large scale dairy farmers. A group of six dairy farmers from Ireland came to better...
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