Critics link antibiotic feeds to resistant bacteria health risk
Researchers and doctors debate subtherapeutic antibiotic use in livestock. They cite resistance transfer among bacteria, uncertainties in proving direct human transmission, and potential impacts on medical therapies and gut flora.
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Study Links Salmonella Outbreak to Beef Feedlot Bacteria
The 1982 83 CDC study by Scott Holmberg and colleagues links a salmonella outbreak across Minnesota Iowa and the Dakotas to cattle fed subtherapeutic chlortetracycline. Thirteen of 18 victims ate hamburger from the South Dakota herd and ten from a Nebraska plant. Critics note circumstantial evidence and lack of hamburger testing. Some scientists warn resistant strains could persist even without antibiotic use in livestock.
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New England Journal of Medicine
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