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Burgeoning bacteria. (updates).(Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics report)(Brief Article)

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New evidence suggests that the use of antibiotics in livestock contributes to the increasing development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

A June 2002 report by the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) says that the agricultural practice of giving antibiotics to livestock in order to prevent disease and keep production high contributes strongly to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can pass through animal waste and into the surrounding environment.

"The effectiveness of antibiotics is being steadily eroded by their indiscriminate use in both humans and animals," says Michael Barza, MD, director of Medicine at Carney Hospital in ...

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