date:Jun 30, 2014
ty of Sydney academic Dr Stephen Page, a veterinarian and clinical pharmacologist who consults for the Australian chicken industry, said it is highly unlikely Australian chickens are being fed banned fluoroquinolones at farm level.
Page believes contamination with resistant E.coli is happening elsewhere, and says the specific drugs do not help fatten up produce and are expensive.
Fluoroquinolones are only available in Australia through veterinary prescription in tablet and injection form for c