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Expert: Half of China's antibiotics fed to animals
08:53, November 26, 2010
Nearly half of the antibiotics produced in China are being fed to livestock rather than used to fight viruses in people, experts say...
..."The overuse of antibiotics is common now, which has led to a rising death rate among animals as their immune systems are depressed. Also, antibiotics remain detrimental to people's health after intake," said Qi Guanghai, deputy head of the feed research institute under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
"Attention should be paid to the problem of antibiotic intake via daily food consumption because that will increase the possibility for drug-resistant bacteria to develop in human bodies," said Huang Liuyu, director of the Institute for Disease Prevention and Control of the People's Liberation Army.
Expert: Half of China's antibiotics fed to animals
08:53, November 26, 2010
Nearly half of the antibiotics produced in China are being fed to livestock rather than used to fight viruses in people, experts say...
..."The overuse of antibiotics is common now, which has led to a rising death rate among animals as their immune systems are depressed. Also, antibiotics remain detrimental to people's health after intake," said Qi Guanghai, deputy head of the feed research institute under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
"Attention should be paid to the problem of antibiotic intake via daily food consumption because that will increase the possibility for drug-resistant bacteria to develop in human bodies," said Huang Liuyu, director of the Institute for Disease Prevention and Control of the People's Liberation Army.