je.st

Home › antibiotic resistance

Tag: antibiotic resistance

Resistance to 'Last-Resort' Antibiotic Found in China

2015-11-20 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CHINA - Scientists in China have found increased levels of resistance to an antimicrobial drug used when other drugs have failed, according to a report in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Tags: found china resistance antibiotic

US Antibiotic Resistance Results Encouraging

2015-08-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reported mostly encouraging results for food safety in its recent report on antibiotic resistance, although some areas of concern remain.

Tags: results resistance encouraging antibiotic

Antibiotic resistance: a human and animal issue

2015-05-20 23:32:00| National Hog Farmer

Antibiotics and their use in food animals will be the illuminating consumer issue this year. Rightfully so; consumers depend on antibiotics as a critical tool to help keep them healthy when they get ill, just as hog farmers depend on antimicrobials to help sick pigs. read more

Tags: issue human animal resistance

Antibiotic Resistance is a Gut Reaction for Some Bacteria

2014-12-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - Scientists from the Institute of Food Research and the University of East Anglia have discovered how certain gut bacteria can protect themselves and others in the gut from antibiotics.

Tags: some gut reaction resistance