{
  "id": 17135485,
  "title": "Permit seeks higher antibiotic dosage for diseased Tasmania salmon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/permit-seeks-higher-antibiotic-dosage-for-diseased-tasmania-salmon",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-29T22:40:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-30/tasmanian-salmon-increased-florfenicol-use-request/107321996"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A federal regulator is examining an application to permit Tasmanian farmed salmon to be treated with a greater dosage of the antibiotic florfenicol. The permit was previously revoked due to traces of the drug being detected in wild fish species up to 10 kilometres away from the nearest salmon pen. Greens senator Vanessa Bleyer is calling for the application to be rejected. Abbey Animal Health, also known as Abbey Labs, has submitted a minor use permit application to expand the treatment area to include the eastern biosecurity zone and to raise the dosage rates. The previous permit allowed for a dosage of 10 to 20 milligrams per kilogram of fish per day for 10 consecutive days. Environmental groups warn that increasing the dosage and duration of treatment could result in greater environmental exposure and unknown risks to fisheries and seafood markets.",
  "summary": "An animal health company has applied to \"increase the dose rate\" of the controversial antibiotic florfenicol in Tasmanian salmon farms, the federal regulator has confirmed.",
  "key_points": [
    "Federal regulator reviewing permit for higher florfenicol dosage in Tasmanian salmon.",
    "Permit previously revoked due to traces in wild fish up to 10 km away.",
    "Abbey Animal Health seeks expanded treatment area and increased dosage rates."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}