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Antibiotics

Oxytetracycline Bactericide Sprays Being Used on Citrus Trees Not Effective, New Study Says

Posted on August 7, 2019 in In The News, Pesticides | 239 Views | Leave a response
Due to an epidemic of citrus greening disease, which is caused by a bacteria that is carried by an invasive flying insect known as the Asia citrus psyllid (Nordlie, 2019). Also known as huanglongbing, or HLB, the disease is eventually fatal but, with supportive management the trees can still produce for several years. So, bactericides […]

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New Report: We Can Stop Antibiotic Resistance for Just $2 a Year

Posted on November 8, 2018 in Animals, In The News | 703 Views | Leave a response
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organization with over 30 member countries that was founded in 1961, has released a new report on antibiotic resistance. In “Stemming the Superbug Tide: Just a Few Dollars More,” OECD reports that “superbug” infections are expected to cause 2.4 million deaths in Europe, North America, […]

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The Iconic American Burger is Seasoned with Antibiotics, Report Concludes

Posted on October 18, 2018 in Animals, In The News, Nutrition | 542 Views | Leave a response
A consortium of consumer, animal, and food policy groups has released the latest edition of their Chain Reaction report analyzing antibiotic use on the livestock farms producing meat for the country’s largest restaurant chains. This year’s edition report focuses on the iconic American hamburger, surveying antibiotic policies at popular national burger chains and grading each on […]

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Will the Trump Effect Broaden Private Sector Efforts to Reduce Animal Use of Antibiotics? 

Posted on January 27, 2017 in Animals, Hygeia's Blog | 222 Views | Leave a response
Despite the mountains of evidence showing that we are loosing the race to preserve the efficacy of medically important antibiotics, sales of these vital drugs to livestock farmers have risen 26% since 2009, according to the latest FDA report on the subject, “Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food Producing Animals”. I first studied […]

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Remarkable Interview With Purdue Farms Chairman

Posted on December 17, 2016 in Animals, In The News | 122 Views | Leave a response
On  10/16/16 The Wall Street Journal posted an interesting interview with Jim Purdue, chariman of the mega poultry agribusiness Purdue Farms, Inc., discusses why Purdue eliminated routine use of antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention, and what happened as a result. Purdue discusses how consumers are looking at their food the way they look […]

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