Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Teagasc Annual Report 2018: Discussion

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

One issue is antibiotic resistance in animals and humans because of the way the link can be made. The other issue is that of disease control. Given the expansion in use of slurry tanks in recent years with greater amounts of slurry being spread, are there signs that it is assisting the spread of disease? There are some suggestions in the farming community and beyond that it is. I do not know the answer to it.

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