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The Future of Antibiotics and Meat

The Future of Antibiotics and Meat

Talia Raphaely, Dora Marinova, Mira Marinova
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781522516743|ISBN10: 1522516743|EISBN13: 9781522516750
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1674-3.ch063
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Raphaely, Talia, et al. "The Future of Antibiotics and Meat." Public Health and Welfare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 1335-1357. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1674-3.ch063

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Raphaely, T., Marinova, D., & Marinova, M. (2017). The Future of Antibiotics and Meat. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Public Health and Welfare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1335-1357). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1674-3.ch063

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Raphaely, Talia, Dora Marinova, and Mira Marinova. "The Future of Antibiotics and Meat." In Public Health and Welfare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1335-1357. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1674-3.ch063

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Abstract

This chapter discusses antibiotic use in the livestock industry and potential ramifications for human health. Antibiotics are routinely administered to food animals, primarily at sub-therapeutic levels. The extensive use of antibiotics in global animal husbandry in quantities greater than used for humans is creating antibiotic resistance. There is evidence that antibiotic resistant organisms emerging in food animals transfer to humans through the food chain, environmental contamination, direct association with animals or through mobile resistant genetic elements resulting in co-resistance to other antibiotics. No new classes of antibiotics have been developed since the 1980s. Intensifying use of existing antibiotics for meat production poses new challenges for treating humans, needs to be taken seriously and dealt with urgently. This chapter argues that reduced meat consumption is an under-considered but essential part in any suite of solutions aimed at preserving the use of antibiotics for human treatment.

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