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Campaigners Blame Antibiotic Resistance on Farmers
2013-09-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Campaigning group, Food & Water Watch, says the latest CDC report on antibiotic resistance in the US should be a 'wake-up' call on 'factory farms'.
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Health Agency Addresses Antibiotic Resistance Issue
2013-09-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - A new report from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) prioritises the most threatening 'superbugs' in human medicine and outlines four core actions to halt resistance. The Center's role in preventing antibiotic resistance in food is included in the report.
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Antibiotic Resistance Study Finds Differences between Member States
2013-05-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - The European Union Summary Report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food in 2011 from EFSA and ECDC has found some significant national trends in resistance levels in isolates from animals and food. Among Salmonella isolates, more decreasing than increasing trends were found, whereas in the case of Campylobacter, significant national trends were mostly increasing. The study also looked at selected E.coli isolates and MRSA.
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NPPC Counters Report on Antibiotic Resistance Claims
2013-04-15 18:46:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Pork Producers Council Following a recent release of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report showing that medical doctors annually are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 80% of Americans, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says a group is set to issue its own report, claiming that antibiotics use in food-producing animals is the main cause for people developing antibiotic-resistant diseases. read more
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