How Decades Of Farm Animal Antibiotics Led To Deadly Superbugs

Grist:

... Even though Levy had added only tetracycline to the feed, his chickens had somehow developed what scientists now call "multi-drug resistance" to a host of antibiotics that play important roles in treating infections in people. More frightening, although none of the members of the farm family tending the flock were taking antibiotics, they, too, soon began excreting drug-resistant strains of E. coli.

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Comments

[aroundchicago]

09:49 PM on 06/05/2011

Ranchers give the antibiotics to cattle as a matter of routine. Is anyone really surprised? HELLO?

[KarlaElisa]

01:07 PM on 06/08/2011

they are also allowed to feed their cattle chicken feces. how sick is that?

[DavidMG]

06:48 AM on 06/05/2011

In 1973 in a best-selling book,"The Supermarket Handbook" we told our readers about this. Its why we became vegetarians and why you should too.

[RationalityPlease]

08:38 PM on 06/04/2011

The message telling me, "Your micro-bio is empty" takes on a whole new meaning...