Consider where antibiotics are most used: A 2015 study (Van Boeckel et al.) indicated that, worldwide, antibiotics are more likely to be administered to farm animals than to humans. In the United ...

Pfizer’s contributions to animal health date back several decades, during which the company played a significant role in ...

Another example is giving antibiotics to healthy animals to promote their growth and prevent disease. Antibiotic use in farm animals allows the resistant bacteria to thrive within the animals, and ...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) intends to introduce a companion bill in the Senate. At present, an estimated 80 percent of all antibiotics in this country are used “sub-therapeutically” to facilitate ...

The animals we eat consume more than 60% of the world’s antibiotics - but not always because they are sick. This week, the Food Chain explores the controversy over the use of antibiotics in ...

Many consumers believe that "no antibiotics" means that other drugs, such as hormones, shouldn't be used, but the claim doesn't cover other drugs. Reducing the Use of Drugs in Farm Animals ...

But since approximately 80 percent of all antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used by the meat and poultry industry to make animals grow faster or to prevent disease in crowded and unsanitary ...

The privately-owned farm has not been named but it supplies ... to ensure there was no risk to the food chain. Antibiotics can be used for animal welfare reasons, but are strictly regulated ...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) points to a 55% drop in antibiotic use in food-producing animals since 2014. and an 83% decrease in the use of antibiotics most ...