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Tommy Heffernan

Tommy Heffernan

Journal vet
theffernan@farmersjournal.ie

Tommy Heffernan is a vet at Avondale Veterinary Clinic in Wicklow. His interests are in herd/flock health and developing preventative strategies of controling disease.

One Health: some home truths about antibiotic resistance

If we don’t start to use antibiotics differently, then it’s not just our animals’ health that will be affected, it’s our own and our families’, writes Tommy Heffernan.

BREEDING & HEALTH 12 February 2020
One Health: some home truths about antibiotic resistance
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