Focuses on the use of antibiotics in livestock for nontherapeutic purposes in the United States. Annual volume of antibiotics used in U.S. livestock for nontherapeutic purposes; Union of Concerned Scientists' recommendation for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require antibiotic makers ...
Now, researchers in North Carolina suggest that we should be watching antibiotic use in livestock. Industrial food-animal facilities, which involve intense confinement of animals and use antibiotics to promote growth have long been seen as a problem. The North Carolina study found that in companies ...
Despite the current interest in the reduction or elimination of subtherapeutic antibiotic use in livestock production, there may be a risk that such a ... A Adjiri-Awere,TA Van Lunen - 《Canadian Veterinary Journal La Revue Veterinaire Canadienne》 被引量: 65发表: 2005年 Review of evidence ...
For years, large-scale factory farms have routinely used antibiotics in livestock feed to promote faster growth in animals and help maintain their health in unsanitary, crowded living conditions. But the practice has severe implications for the health of Americans, said several environmental and pub...
A federal judge in New York City has ordered the FDA to start proceedings to revoke approvals for the use of antibiotics in livestock, a practice blamed for the spread of antibiotic-resistant "superbug" bacteria. In a case brought by five environmental and consumer advocacy groups, Judge Theodo...
“As a longtime leader in the no antibiotics ever sector, it is dispiriting to see the use of medically important antibiotics on the rise for livestock production. This is a concerning trend for both human and animal health as antibiotic-resistant superbugs become an increasing threat. ...
resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die as a result, a new report issued this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls for phasing out the routine use of antibiotics in industrial livestock production that has been linked to antibiotic-resistant ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today is implementing plans to help phase out the use of antibiotics, medically important to fighting disease in humans, for enhancing growth or to improve feed efficiency in food-producing animals. In final gu
That class, extended-spectrum cephalosporins, is used in raising both cattle and poultry. Though it represents less than 1% of US antibiotic sales for livestock, 80% of these sales are for use in cattle, one of the most common food animals raised in California. ...
Dr. Ken Spaeth is chief of occupational and environmental medicine at North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, N.Y. He said that, given the huge quantities of antibiotics given to livestock each year, "it should be no surprise that animals receiving theseantibioticseventually produce and sp...