Antibiotic, feed additive use in swine examined, Feedstuffs Magazine by Sarah Muirhead, editor, December 3, 2001 "Antibiotics are an integral part of swine production being used in all production phases, by all sizes of groups, through various routes for various reasons, according to initial conclusions of a soon-to-be-published study." Antibiotics in industrial sea food production, A Greenpeace-Report, February 2001 "This study shows the connection between the high bacteria settlement of breed systems for sea products (aquaculture) and the preventing use of antibiotics in these systems. Different groups of researchers could again and again prove in their investigations the settlement of aquaculture through disease-causing bacteria for humans. Among other things thereby also Cholera bacteria and Salmonella were discovered." Studies Mixed on Risks of Antibiotics in Animal Feed Washington Post, October 18, 2001 Indiscriminate Antibiotic Use in Animals Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 19, 2001 Documentary: Antibiotics on the Farm. by Daniel Zwerdling, American Radio Works, September 30, 2001 If Mike Coldbreath had gotten sick only five years ago, he probably would have recovered in a few days. That's what his doctors will tell you. The antibiotic he took used to cure people fast. But when Coldbreath got a common infection earlier this year and took the pills, he almost died. Animal agriculture's BSOD California Farmer, Len Richardson editorial. August 2001 Hogging It! Estimates of Antimicrobial Abuse in Livestock by Margaret Mellon, Charles Benbrook and Karen Lutz Benbrook Full text of the January 8, 2001 Union of Concerned Scientists report is accessible on the USC website Go to the section accessible as part of the overview of the UCS "Food and Environment Program" Cluck You! by Janet Reynolds, Hartford Advocate, June 5, 2001 Antibiotic Use Varies Widely in Europe Reuters Health, June 11, 2001 May 22, 2001 Power Point Presentation before the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology in Orlando, Florida as part of the Symposium "Benefits of Eliminating Antimicrobials in Animal Feed." Power Point Presentation by Charles M. Benbrook Power Point Presentation by Tom Blaha Back to Main Index Page