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Five tonnes of antibiotics used to combat disease in salmon

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Salmon Tasmania deployed more than five tonnes of antibiotics to combat a disease outbreak last summer that killed nine thousand tonnes of farmed salmon, according to ABC News Australia. The scale of the response reflects the severe economic and operational impact of disease in industrial aquaculture.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-30/tas-florfenicol-sa...

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