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An Hsus Report: Industrial Farm Animal Production And Livestock Associated Mrsa (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus), The Humane Society Of The United States Jul 2013

An Hsus Report: Industrial Farm Animal Production And Livestock Associated Mrsa (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus), The Humane Society Of The United States

Impact of Animal Agriculture

Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bacterial infection and is increasingly found to be resistant to antibiotic therapy. A newly described type of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus carried by farm animals, Livestock Associated MRSA (LA-MRSA), is now causing infections in humans with and without direct livestock contact. A reduction in the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in feed would likely reduce the capacity of industrial animal agriculture to continue to create, disseminate, and perpetuate a large reservoir of LA-MRSA on a global scale, but more fundamental changes in the way animals are raised for food may be necessary forestall a …


Top 10 Global Producers (2012): Chickens & Chicken Meat, Humane Society International Jan 2013

Top 10 Global Producers (2012): Chickens & Chicken Meat, Humane Society International

HSI DATA SHEETS

No abstract provided.


Top 10 Global Producers (2012): Pigs & Pig Meat, Humane Society International Jan 2013

Top 10 Global Producers (2012): Pigs & Pig Meat, Humane Society International

HSI DATA SHEETS

No abstract provided.