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Antibiotics in pig feed increased the number of antibiotic resistant genes in gastrointestinal microbes in pigs, according to a study conducted by Michigan State University and the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. Published in the current edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the comprehensive study focused on understanding the effects of conventional, in-feed antibiotics in US farms.
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US Department of Agriculture scientists and their collaborators have conducted a series of studies that explore non-antibiotic methods to reduce food-borne pathogens that are found in the gut of food animals.
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Tufts researchers zero in on the controversial, non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in food animals and fish farming as a cause of antibiotic resistance in people. There is overwhelming evidence that this overuse of antibiotics affects the environment and humans and they advocate for stricter regulation of the practice.
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A dietary yeast extract could be an effective alternative to antibiotics for poultry producers, according to a US Department of Agriculture study. Microbiologist Gerry Huff with USDA's Agricultural Research Service in Fayetteville, Ark., and her colleagues have been studying the effects of yeast extract as an immune stimulant and alternative to antibiotics in conventional turkeys. Non-pharmaceutical remedies and preventatives are particularly needed for organic poultry production.
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Agricultural Research Service scientist Scott Yates is studying how oxytetracycline, an antibiotic that is administered to animals, breaks down in cattle manure.
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Molecules from seaweed extracts and natural clays help adsorbing the harmful toxins which are found in animal feed. The resulting new product has a huge potential market worldwide as a completely natural alternative to the formerly-used antibiotics, which are now prohibited from this use in the European Union.
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An unexpected rise in environmental levels of antibiotic resistance poses a potential threat to people's health.
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