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Salmon Farm Uses Excessive Antibiotics

Mastodon Hobart 14d Impact 3
The Tasmanian Environment Protection Authority reported that a salmon farm lease used over 2.7 tonnes of the antibiotic florfenicol within a two-month period. Experts have characterized the quantity as a huge amount for the operation.

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pollution aquaculture antibiotics

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“The Tasmanian Environment Protection Authority says more than 2.7 tonnes of the antibiotic florfenicol were used at one salmon farm lease in just two months, an amount one expert says is a "huge amoun...”

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