It is difficult to quantify exactly how much overuse in livestock contributes to drug-resistance in human infections. But drug-resistant bugs that develop in animals can spread to humans—often through food
a group of American farmers discovered that antibiotics not only prevented illness in their livestock but also helped the animals grow faster and fatter. That discovery led to routine use of antibiotics, something that boosted agriculture around the world. But for farmers in the European Union, the days of heavy dosing are over. The bloc banned the use of antimicrobials to promote growth in 2006. On January 28th it enacted even stricter rules.
But some countries are far closer to implementing the law than others, according to a report from the European Public Health Alliance , published on January 28th. On average Swedish farmers use 11mg of antimicrobials per livestock unit . Their counterparts in Spain use 154mg. Cypriot farmers use a whopping 394mg.report, says progress is slow and patchy. Although the rules look good on paper, “they're probably not going to be properly implemented,” he adds.
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