Preserving Antibiotics for Medical Use
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Study: Less Antibiotic Use In Food Animals Leads To Less Drug Resistance In People
SCIENCE DAILY April 17, 2006
Australia's policy of restricting antibiotic use in food-producing animals may be linked with lower levels of drug-resistant bacteria found in its citizens, according to an article in the May 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online.
Bacterial resistance to drugs is generally attributed to inappropriate prescribing or overuse of antibiotics.
An Australian solution to the drug resistance problem has been to prohibit the use of certain antibiotics, called fluoroquinolones, in food animals such as poultry. Such a policy puts Australia in a relatively unique position, since its animal and food production levels are comparable to those of other industrialized nations, but it has avoided using the antibiotics that have been standard in the other countries' food animal production. (see link for full article)
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