Antibiotics injected into poultry and eggs to reduce the spread of infection may be making people less susceptible to important antibiotic treatment, says the Public Health Agency of Canada.
The agency says Health Canada should ban the use of cephalosporins in agriculture because — although the drugs are effective in reducing the spread of illness in animals — they were not intended to be used in farming, and the effects of eating animals treated with the antibiotics are unknown.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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Salmonella Poisoning On The Rise
The BC Centre for Disease Control is reporting a significant increase in cases of salmonella and is reminding people to handle their food properly, particularly when preparing and cooking chicken.
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