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UK to urge global clampdown on antibiotics amid public health fears

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Pat Gardiner

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Jun 11, 2013, 3:48:21 PM6/11/13
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Pat's Note: The net is closing fast now.

Classic British veterinary "Blame someone else, preferably innocent."

However, the odd shaft of light shines through the vetocratic darkness
and associated crime wave.

"Meanwhile, other experts are warning that increasing use of the drugs
on farms poses a threat to people. Recent studies have shown that the
overuse of antibiotics in intensive livestock farming could lead to
the evolution of strains of dangerous bacteria, including MRSA, E coli
and salmonella, that are resistant to some of the strongest
antibiotics. An increasing body of evidence shows they can spread from
farms to farm workers and their families as well as to consumers
through affected meat.

Farms in the UK are not supposed to use antibiotics on routinely, as
happens in many non-EU countries, but the Guardian has uncovered clear
problems with this regime as the current monitoring of usage does not
give government regulators enough information to decide how the drugs
are used in practice.

Antibiotics are routinely dumped into animal feed in the US – where
80% of antibiotics are used for animals – and Latin America and other
regions because they help animals put on weight faster."

Britain's corrupt government veterinarians are not going to get away
with that. The Americans are not that daft. DNA tracing will bring the
culprits down.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jun/11/uk-urge-global-clampdown-antibiotics-g8

Tuesday 11 June 2013 19.33 BST
UK to urge global clampdown on antibiotics amid public health fears

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Pat Gardiner
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Old Codger

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Jun 11, 2013, 5:24:48 PM6/11/13
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On 11/06/2013 20:48, Pat Gardiner wrote:
> Pat's Note: The net is closing fast now.
>
> Classic British veterinary "Blame someone else, preferably innocent."
>
> However, the odd shaft of light shines through the vetocratic darkness
> and associated crime wave.

Caught again Pat. You really should read that on which you comment
before libelling vets.

Where does it say the vets are blaming anyone?

> "Meanwhile, other experts are warning that increasing use of the drugs
> on farms poses a threat to people. Recent studies have shown that the
> overuse of antibiotics in intensive livestock farming could lead to
> the evolution of strains of dangerous bacteria, including MRSA, E coli
> and salmonella, that are resistant to some of the strongest
> antibiotics. An increasing body of evidence shows they can spread from
> farms to farm workers and their families as well as to consumers
> through affected meat.
>
> Farms in the UK are not supposed to use antibiotics on routinely, as
> happens in many non-EU countries, but the Guardian has uncovered clear
> problems with this regime as the current monitoring of usage does not
> give government regulators enough information to decide how the drugs
> are used in practice.
>
> Antibiotics are routinely dumped into animal feed in the US – where
> 80% of antibiotics are used for animals – and Latin America and other
> regions because they help animals put on weight faster."
>
> Britain's corrupt government veterinarians are not going to get away
> with that. The Americans are not that daft. DNA tracing will bring the
> culprits down.

The article does not even suggest that vets are claiming "antibiotics
are routinely dumped into animal feed in the US". I certainly find the
idea that our vets could have any influence at all on the content of US
animal feed somewhat far fetched, but I suppose it is what one has to
expect from you.

> http://m.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jun/11/uk-urge-global-clampdown-antibiotics-g8
>
> Tuesday 11 June 2013 19.33 BST
> UK to urge global clampdown on antibiotics amid public health fears
>


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