date:Jul 14, 2012
nothing about why these E.coli are antibiotic-resistant in the first place. The resistances observed in these E.coli are common globally and are unlikely to be attributed to chickens, given the few antibiotics available for use in poultry in the US.
The NCC also disputed a claim that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says 80% of all antibiotics are fed to livestock, pointing out that there is no comparable human and animal data that makes such an analysis possible, and adding that the stat