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[Limpy]

In China a strain of bacteria have been identified which are resistant to the drug of last resort.
Ladies - this ain't good.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34857015

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/antibiotic-resistant-superbugs-pose-a-global-threat-after-breaking-through-last-line-of-defence-a6740166.html



 

[CLKD]

There was an article yesterday about how pets are passing on AB-resistant illnesses to their owners ……. we I never caught anything from mine 

It's laziness on the part of patients very often, who want a quick fix 

[Limpy]

There was an article yesterday about how pets are passing on AB-resistant illnesses to their owners ……. we I never caught anything from mine 

It's laziness on the part of patients very often, who want a quick fix 

Sadly - This is a bit more than that.
It' has actually happened in China, people and livestock can't get rid of the bacteria, some reports of it being found in Malysia as well.

Apparently the big pharma company making the drug may have sold it to agriculturalists for profit.
 "It is likely resistance emerged after colistin was overused in farm animals"

[CLKD]

I could never understand why Vets used ABs so readily ……….. farm animals usually heal themselves 

[Limpy]

I could never understand why Vets used ABs so readily ……….. farm animals usually heal themselves 

Think the ABs are used to plump the animals up rather than heal or cure 

[CLKD]

That was water in chickens ………. injected under the skin at the time of slaughter 

[Limpy]

That was water in chickens ………. injected under the skin at the time of slaughter 

I'm sure that's true CLKD.
But I think ABs are also used to boost the body condition and fertility of sheep and cattle.

[countrybumpkin]

I have read that they give antibiotics as routine to help them grow and keep them disease free in intensive farming otherwise they would all die because of the intensive conditions.  Chickens and pigs are good examples.

If you eat meat/dairy you eat the antibiotic residue.

Water was injected into chicken meat after slaughter to plump up the meat so it looked better.

I'm not going to research the finer details of this as its so upsetting to see and read about conditions. 

Many years ago when Russia was still Soviet Union they were using macrophages to combat disease rather than anti biotics but when communism collpased all the research and labs went as well. Maybe they were on the right lines??

[Joyce]

I avoid them like the plague, especially after having so many when I had pneumonia several years ago. I'm sure that's where all my problems with them stemmed from.

[SadLynda]

At last, the only good thing that came of AB's giving me thrush - I avoided them like the plague and GP visits.  I can count on one hand how many times I had AB's in my life.

Agreed CKLD about vets, I often refused them for my dogs as it was their answer to every complaint, and always 'take these too, just in case' for everything.