Antibiotic use in livestock under fire after salmonella study
A New England Journal of Medicine report finds 20 percent of 200 supermarket ground meat samples from Washington DC area carried salmonella, with 84 percent resistant to at least one antibiotic and 53 percent to three or more. The findings prompt calls to curb antibiotic use in livestock and note potential human health risks from resistant strains.
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Food and Drug Administration
New England Journal of Medicine
Animal Health Institute
Union of Concerned Scientists
University of Maryland
FDA
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United States
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Margaret Mellon
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Maryland
Minnesota
Oregon
Stephen F. Sandlof
Agency
Center For Veterinary Medicine
Sandlof
Ron Phillips
Sherwood Gorbach
Tufts University
Pat Roberts pushes huge food security and agroterrorism bill
The article notes Senator Pat Roberts on the Senate Intelligence Committee proposes a crash program with 1.1 billion dollars next year and 271 million annually for 10 years to protect the food supply. It cites potential pathogens, vaccine delivery, and diagnostic expansion, urging import cuts and lab spending including 78 million for a poultry bio containment lab.
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Senate Intelligence Committee
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Soviet Union
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Ft. Hays
China
California
Arkansas
National Slaughter Cattle Summary Week Ending October 19 2001
Slaughter cattle traded 1.50-2.00 lower on live basis and 2.00 lower dressed. Strong front-end supply and weak demand, plus Japan cow disease fears, pressured prices. Midwest and High Plains markets showed mixed gains for cows and bulls, with cutter cow cutout at 90.01 and bulls 52.50-55.50 per hundred.
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Japan
USDA
Midwest
High Plains
Bowers
Dutch agri environment farming harms wildlife study shows
A Netherlands study finds twenty years of farming methods labeled environmentally friendly reduce wildlife and plant diversity. Comparing 78 field pairs, agri environment practices lowered some bird populations. experts urge understanding before more funding.
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Associated Press
Netherlands
David Kleijn
Wageningen Agricultural University
Kléijn’s
Nature
European Union
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