Eighty kilometres from Stockolm, near the town of Uppsala, lies Anders Kjellerby's farm. As well as cattle, there's a heard of 180 pigs and every year the farm produces4.200 piglets. There are very tough restrictions including a maximum weaning age of 4 weeks and a complete ban on the use of antibiotics as growth promoters.As Anders explains, Sweden was in fact the first European country to adopt such a ban, back in 1986.
Interviews:
Anders Kjellerby,Farmer in UppsalaStaffan Normark, Institute of Infectious Disease Control, Sweden Birgitta Henriques, ...
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