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Antibiotic Resistance
World Health Organization: Farmers should cut antibiotic use
September 1st, 2003
Farmers worldwide should take a lesson from Danish bacon producers and reduce the use of antibiotics on their livestock to help stem the growth of drug-resistant bacteria in humans, the U.N. health agency says. The World Health Organization (WHO) said a panel of experts had studied a landmark program in Denmark - the world's largest exporter of pork - which in 1998 imposed a voluntary ban on the use of the drugs, also known as antimicrobials, to boost animal growth. WHO has said overuse of drugs for purposes other than treating animal disease is partly behind a rise in the number of resistant bacteria found in livestock. The agency fears such...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2003-09-01)
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