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Kromm: Don’t get cornered on single metric of antimicrobial use

sspiegel0120@gmail.com on January 4, 2026

A “Viewpoints” article
by Michelle Kromm, DVM, MPH, MAM, DACPV
Food Forward, LLC
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Kromm: There’s more to antimicrobial stewardship than usage data

sspiegel0120@gmail.com on February 25, 2025

Antimicrobial use in poultry has become a proxy for antimicrobial stewardship, but these terms are not interchangeable, according to Michelle Kromm, DVM, MAM, Food Forward, LLC.

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Kromm: Don’t get cornered on single metric of antimicrobial use

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