Dr. Edgar Garcia Manzanilla:

The same problem with anti-parasite treatment does not apply to antibiotics to the same extent. The collapse of one has no bearing on the other. I am a part of the iNAP committee and this conversation never happened. There is no concern in that regard. There are members of the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, and ICOS on that iNAP committee. It is not an issue.

In the main user, which is pigs, the veterinarians are managing that. In the intramammary, it is very difficult because the data we have at the moment is not really there. The sales are global so the official data suggest certain antibiotics are sold in certain amounts to all species. From a scientific point of view, looking at the data, I cannot answer the question because there is no evidence. If there is internal evidence of something, perhaps it is being discussed on that basis but there are no official data on sales of particular-----