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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
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
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
Top 10 Global Producers (2012): Pigs & Pig Meat, Humane Society International
HSI DATA SHEETS
No abstract provided.