Princeton University-Princeton Environmental Institute: Antibiotic Resistance in Food Animals Nearly Tripled Since 2000
October 12, 2019
October 12, 2019
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 12 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- Princeton University's Princeton Environmental Institute issued the following news:
The growing appetite for animal protein in developing countries has resulted in a smorgasbord of antibiotic consumption for livestock that has nearly tripled the occurrence of antibiotic resistance in disease-causing bacteria easily transmitted from animals to humans, according to a recent report in the journal Science.
Research . . .
The growing appetite for animal protein in developing countries has resulted in a smorgasbord of antibiotic consumption for livestock that has nearly tripled the occurrence of antibiotic resistance in disease-causing bacteria easily transmitted from animals to humans, according to a recent report in the journal Science.
Research . . .