Antibiotic effectiveness imperiled as use in livestock expected to increase
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 19:00
in Health & Medicine
Antibiotic consumption in livestock worldwide could rise by 67 percent between 2010 and 2030, and possibly endanger the effectiveness of antimicrobials in humans, according to researchers from Princeton University, the International Livestock Research Institute, the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy.