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Environment
Ethan James

SHOCKING: Risk to wild species ends antibiotic use in salmon | Mind Blowing Facts

The salmon farming sector has been stopped from using an antibiotic putting wild species at risk. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

The salmon industry's use of an antibiotic has been suspended after the medication was found in wild species and deemed to put Australian export markets at risk. 

Tasmania's salmon farmers were in November granted an emergency permit to use florfenicol in a bid to deal with bacterial disease piscirickettsiosis. 

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