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growth (Evolution), noun advancement, evolvement, expansion, flowering, fruition, improvement, maturation, movement toward adulttood, movement toward maturity, progress, ripening, sprouting, unfolding growth (Increase), noun accumulation, addition, aggrandizement, amplification, auctus, distention, enlargement, escalation, expansion, extension, heightening, increment, incrementum, inflation, intensification, multiplication, rise, spread, surge, swell, swelling See also: accession, accretion, advancement, appreciation, augmentation, boom, development, enlargement, extension, headway, improvement, increase, increment, inflation, profit, progress, prosperity, transition How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The facts are that consumption of antibiotics for livestock production in Denmark was > 200 metric tons in 1994, 160 tons in 1997 when antibiotics were last used as growth promotants for weanling and finishing pigs, and dropped to 114 tons in 2005 when this use had ceased (Table 1) [Danish Integrated Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring and Research Program (DANMAP) 2006]. Our interpretation of natural is no antibiotics, no hormones or growth promotants, and a vegetarian diet," says Meng. Medium and large operations were twice as likely to feed the growth promotants as small operations. |
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