NAIROBI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- There is an urgency for African countries to fast-track the phasing out of antibiotic use in livestock production in order to halt the spread of superbugs, a campaigner said Thursday during the World Health Day. Tennyson Williams, the director for Africa at World...
(PW141) An exposure assessment of antibiotics used in livestock production within a model watershed.Hao, C
Three years ago, I wrote about antibiotic use in raising livestock, which was a problem — and still is, although much progress has been made. But when someone recently said to me, “I switched to almond milk because I heard that dairy milk contains antibiotics,” I realized there’s ...
Use of antibiotics in livestock raising. Antibiotics are used to treat erysipelas and dysentery of swine, anthrax, and strangles of horses, pullorum disease of poultry, actinomycosis, bronchial pneumonia, gastrointestinal diseases of young animals, sepsis, metritis, vaginitis, and many other diseases. ...
With the introduction of intensive husbandry systems the increased exposure of livestock to infectious diseases meant that the use of antibiotics was required to maintain animal health and productivity. As new husbandry techniques in livestock production systems improve the health and well being of livest...
Just what we need, more antibiotics in our livestock. Oh yeah, and ones that can legally be in the dairy products we consume. Woohoo! (ScienceDaily) Calories Are Everywhere, Yet Hard to Track <<Quick preview of Marion Nestle’s new book coming out next week that I can’t wait to get...
After sixty years on antibiotic use in livestock production, antimicrobial resistance is an issue that cannot be ignored. While governments debate new regulations, evidence is accumulating that in-feed antibiotics are contributing to antibiotic resistance proliferation in intestinal microbes and potential pat...
Singapore start-up Peptobiotics has raised US$6.2M in Series A funding to commercialise its antimicrobial peptide technology as it seeks to replace the use of antibiotics, firstly in aquaculture, and in the future in livestock. Anatomy of a fall in global feed production 03-Apr-2024 By Jane...
Eric G. Pamer, in Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2016 Antibiotics are broadly employed in farming practices at low doses with the main aim of enhancing animal growth [149–151]. Livestock account for the vast majority of antibiotic production and use in the USA (80% in 2013), resulting in...
A California policy restricting antibiotic use in animals raised for food is associated with a reduction in one type of antibiotic-resistant infection in people in the state, according to a new study published today in the journal Environmental Health Pe