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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Demand For Protein, Confinement Agriculture, Use Of Antibiotics Increase Antibiotic Resistance in China And Elsewhere

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.