OIE calls for action against widespread antibiotic abuse

The world body charged with fighting animal disease, The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has called for action against the widespread abuse of antibiotics in livestock farming, that has lead to drug resistant strains of bacteria. They also warned that a world wide ban on antibiotic use would leave the world short of protein.

"The use of antibiotics is today essential to ensure sufficient animal production to feed the planet. Without antibiotics there would be supply problems of animal protein for the human population," Bernard Vallat, director of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) told a news conference. Read more ...

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BSE fears prompt tougher cattle regulations

Farmers and cattle dealers are breaking rules designed to protect people contracting Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) through their food 25 years after the crisis started, the government has revealed. Ministers have introduced further restrictions against moving older cattle off farms amid investigations into reports of illegal trading. These have included a Cumbrian cattle dealer sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for sending an overage animal to be slaughtered for human consumption.

Infected meat has been blamed for most of the 170 deaths from variant CJD, the human form of BSE, in the UK – a handful have been caused by contaminated blood products – and a battery of rules are meant to protect consumers. Read more ...

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