An Ontario tech company is getting funding from the Growing Forward 2 program to help reduce antibiotics in poultry.
AbCelex Technologies has received 3.4 million dollars to continue work on it's anti-microbial feed additives.
The goal is to control salmonella and campylobacter in poultry products.
AbCelex says they've seen a 95 per cent inhibition in both.
They suggest their mark is far higher than that of other regulators.
The technology used is called nano-bodies.
The microscopic non-hormonal and non-antibiotic antibodies are put into feed as an additive.
AbCelex says with the help of some universities and those in the industry, the study will now move on to the farm stage. If those go well, they'll seek regulatory approval.
