Does adding routine antibiotics to animal feed pose a serious risk to human health?

As fears rise over resistance, some countries have banned routine use of antibiotics in animal feed. David Wallinga says a ban is possible without damaging food productivity, but David G S Burch argues that the drugs used in agriculture are not those causing problems with resistance in humans

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ (Online) 2013-07, Vol.347 (7917), p.18-19
Hauptverfasser:	Wallinga, David, Burch, David G S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal feed Animal Feed - adverse effects Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects Antibiotics Antimicrobial agents Antimicrobials Bacteria Clostridium difficile Costs Disease transmission Drug resistance Drug Resistance, Bacterial Ecosystems Farms Feeds Food HEAD TO HEAD Health Hospitals Humans Infections Livestock Poultry Public health Risk Salmonella Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus infections Veterinary drugs
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Zusammenfassung:	As fears rise over resistance, some countries have banned routine use of antibiotics in animal feed. David Wallinga says a ban is possible without damaging food productivity, but David G S Burch argues that the drugs used in agriculture are not those causing problems with resistance in humans
ISSN:	0959-8138 1756-1833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.f4214