More evidence (if it was needed) that antibiotics should be very tightly controlled (if not banned) in livestock farming. And certainly prophylactic use.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspec ... in-animals
Reduction in Colistin-resistant bacteria after China ban
Reduction in Colistin-resistant bacteria after China ban
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation
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Re: Reduction in Colistin-resistant bacteria after China ban
That is interesting. I wonder what the prophylactic use in the US is like?
Re: Reduction in Colistin-resistant bacteria after China ban
Of antibiotics generally or this one in particular?FlammableFlower wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:35 amThat is interesting. I wonder what the prophylactic use in the US is like?
Generally, it's rampant and endemic.