Stephen Cadogan: Irish farms must be proactive against antibiotics over-use

Farmers need to prepare for less and less reliance on antibiotics in livestock production.

In the EU, programmes to reduce use of antibiotics have been in place for over a decade.

As a result, sales of veterinary antibiotics recorded in 24 European countries shrank by 2.4% between 2011 and 2014, according to the European Medicines Agency.