Time to Deal with Antibiotics

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Date of Publication: November 15, 2013

Year of Publication: 2013

Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Author(s): Donal Kennedy

Journal: Science

Volume: 342: 6160

Pages: 777

Drawing on recent research concerning the link between veterinary use of antibiotics to increase production and antibiotic-resistant pathogens, Donald Kennedy supports the new FDA regulatory proposal to end antibiotic use for growth promotion and “unnecessary disease prevention” among livestock.

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