Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Surround Big Swine Farms--In China As Well As U.S. by Maryn Mckenna. Wired. February 12, 2013.
This article highlights a report on Chinese swine production and the role of antibiotics to promote efficiency and animal growth. Significant antibiotic resistance was found around the swine farms. A key sentence from the report follows: The diverse set of resistance genes detected potentially confer resistance to all major classes of antibiotics, including antibiotics critically important for human health.
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