News problem,” she says.“I don't see them stepping up to the plate.” Even so, she adds, the
consensus for action appears to be on the rise.“I do think the case is mounting, the science …

Most of the antibiotics produced in the US are fed to farm animals routinely as “growth
promoters,” and to facilitate “factory farming.” Unfortunately, this places selective pressure on …

Farmers and ranchers will for the first time need a prescription from a veterinarian before
using antibiotics in farm animals, in hopes that more judicious use of the drugs will reduce …

New restrictions on the use of antibiotics on farm animals in both the United States and
Canada may help mitigate risks to human health due to antibiotic resistance. However …

This Note explores antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains in humans and their roots in
American industrial livestock practices. Factory farms promote the growth of antibiotic …

While it is widely known that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a consequence of antibiotic
overuse in patients, the contribution of routine antibiotic use in animal agriculture to this …

Everybody knows that bacterial resis-tance to antibiotics is a bad thing, at least for humans
and animals, if not for bacteria. Drugs that were effective for treating community-and …

A growing body of evidence suggests that large-scale use of antibiotics in livestock
production contributes to the emergence in animals of resistant strains of bacteria, which …

Using precautionary principles when facing incomplete facts and causal conjectures raises
the possibility of a Faustian bargain. This paper applies systems dynamics based on …

Public health experts have expressed concern about an increase in antibiotic resistance
among sick patients. Such resistance has been linked to a number of causes, such as …