Based on what you have learned about antibiotics and antibiotic resistance as well as the spread of microorganisms and drug resistance genes, do you think the US is smart in implementing these recent policies or do you think we should again allow the use of these medically important antibiotics to promote animal growth or stop the use in animals of all medically important antibiotics entirely for even medical purposes?

Assignment Question

Based on what you have learned about antibiotics and antibiotic resistance as well as the spread of microorganisms and drug resistance genes, do you think the US is smart in implementing these recent policies or do you think we should again allow the use of these medically important antibiotics to promote animal growth or stop the use in animals of all medically important antibiotics entirely for even medical purposes? By the way, there are individuals who do want to buy antibiotic-free foods. And there may be some of you may want to think about the use of antibiotics that are, at the moment, not considered to be medically important as well as what is going on in other countries where there might not be any limitations currently.

1.https://extension.oregonstate.edu/animals-livestock/beef/over-counter-sale-livestock-antibiotics-ends-june-11-2023-how-can-you
2.https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-12-19/antibiotic-use-falls-on-us-farms-after-ban-on-using-drugs-to-make-livestock-grow-faster
3.https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-stewardship/fda-antibiotic-use-food-animals-continues-rise
4.https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2018/12/fda-reports-major-drop-antibiotics-food-animals
5.https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/07-11-2017-stop-using-antibiotics-in-healthy-animals-to-prevent-the-spread-of-antibiotic-resistance
6.https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/safety-health/antimicrobial-resistance