Antibiotic resistance in livestock: high and growing In memoriam Stuart B. Levy
Only one thing makes it worth routinely feeding antibiotics to livestock; profit at any cost.
Tag: antibiotics
Two antibiotic surprises
A few farms use most of the antibiotics, and — surprise! — bee gut bacteria too share their resistance.
Antibiotics in US agriculture going down
The Salt, at NPR, asks: Is The Tide Of Antibiotic Use On Farms Now Turning? and gives the lie to my standard view that the answer to any question in a headline is always “No! The Food And Drug Administration released its annual accounting of antibiotics sold in America for …
Resistance is fudgeable
Playing fast and loose with data is a sure sign that people know they’re wrong. Defenders of antibiotics in agriculture are no exception.