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Scottish Sea Farms has been working proactively to reduce its use of antibiotics for several years now
Scottish salmon farms are currently striving to deliver on ambitious fish health targets, with one prominent firm recently achieving a major industry milestone by completely eliminating the use of antibiotics across all their farming activities Scottish Sea Farms, one of Scotland’s leading salmon farming companies, has achieved a first in farmed fish health, with no antibiotics used in any of its farming operations in 2020. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – where bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites become resistant to a medicine, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spreading – is considered by the World Health Organisation to be amongst the top 10 threats to global health.
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SALMON producer Scottish Sea Farms says it has achieved an important global milestone by not using any antibiotics in any of its farming operations in 2020.Â
The company is one of the three large players in salmon farming in Shetland.
Celebrating its success the company said it had been working on reducing its use of antibiotics for several years, with no antibiotics used on its marine farms since 2012 and only minimal use at its freshwater hatcheries in recent years.
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Head of veterinary services Ronnie Soutar said zero antibiotic usage represented an important first both for Scottish Sea Farms and for the Scottish sector as a whole.
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