Antimicrobial Strategy

While Chicken Farmers of Canada supports the responsible use of antimicrobials in both animal and human medicine, we are researching ways to control, monitor and reduce their use on-farm through our antimicrobial use (AMU) strategy.

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Questions and Answers

There have been a lot of developments lately – in this section, we try to answer the questions you may have.
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What Chickens Eat

What chickens are fed greatly affects their health, as well as the flavour and nutrition of the meat. Farmers are extremely aware of this and realize the importance of feeding their birds properly.
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Researching Antibiotic Alternatives

Chicken Farmers of Canada have been implementing an Antimicrobial Use Strategy for the past 4 years that involves surveillance, education, research, and reduction.
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Category III reduction - everything you need to know

Get the latest updates on Chicken Farmers of Canada’s goal to eliminate the preventive use of Category III antibiotics, along with a link to our Farmer Resource Portal with lots of tools and information about production with reduced antibiotics.
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Farmer Resource Portal

Welcome to Chicken Farmers of Canada’s farmer resource portal. The information and resources here are applicable to both reduced antimicrobial use and pathogen reduction.
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Canadian Chicken Industry Reduces Antimicrobial Use

The chicken industry has developed an antimicrobial use (AMU) strategy that involves reduction, surveillance, education, and research and has eliminated the preventative use of Category I and II antibiotics.
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Antibiotic Resistance and Use In Chicken: Things You Need To Know

You may have heard talk about antibiotics and chicken – and you may have concerns. So do chicken farmers. We’re all consumers and we all want to make the best choices for our families.
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Responsible Antimicrobial Use in the Canadian Chicken and Turkey Sectors

Antimicrobial resistance is a complex issue, as demonstrated by ongoing research on its causes. The Canadian poultry industry is implementing a sector-wide strategy to control, monitor and reduce antimicrobial use where possible to preserve effective treatment options.
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Antibiotics and Canadian Chicken: A Whiteboard Video

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Are we actually eating antibiotics in chicken meat?

This is a common question we get, based on a common misconception. We recently created a series of short videos to explain about this and some other concerns we hear about antibiotic use in the chicken industry.
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What is antibiotic resistance?

Resistance is when bacteria stop responding, or don’t respond as well, to antibiotics. It’s a phenomenon that pre-dates man made antibiotics, however, any antibiotic use, in humans OR animals, can lead to resistance.
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Can Farmers Use Antibiotics?

Farmers can use antibiotics in chicken farming to protect the health and welfare of the birds. Antibiotics are given to treat the birds when they are sick, and to prevent them from getting sick in the first place.
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The Majority of Antibiotics Used in Poultry Production Are Not Used In Human Medicine

All antibiotics aren’t created equal. In Canada, our antibiotics come in categories, from Category One, which are the most important antibiotics in human medicine – to Category Four, which aren’t even used by humans.
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What can consumers do to keep bacteria at bay?

Good practices in your kitchen can reduce your risk of contamination by any bacteria – resistant or not.
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