If the animal is sick, then by all means ...

Referring to the new estimate - that approximately 80 percent of all U.S. antibiotics are given to animals - Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) again this week, bills aimed at restricting the use of certain classes of antibiotics in livestock. Massacre in lobbying their colleagues to support HR 965, the preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act, commonly referred to as PAMTA. "Resistance to antibiotics is a major public health crisis, and still use antibiotics regularly and with minimal supervision in agriculture. As a microbiologist, I can not emphasize enough the urgency of the problem that today I am proud to once again save Antibiotics Medical Treatment Act, "said Slaughter environment. "When we go to the store to pick up dinner, we should be able to buy food without worrying that food would be subjected to our family of potentially deadly bacteria that no longer respond to our medical procedures."

The bill comes a few days after the office Slaughter reiterated the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the percentage of all U.S. antibiotics are edible animals is much higher than previously assumed. Rep. Slaughter called the new stat "troubling" and promised to promote the legislation, which earned more than 120 sponsors. Slaughter only microbiologist working in Congress made it clear that her bill would apply only to subterapevtycheskyh use of antibiotics. "Make no mistake strattera without prescritpion, this bill does not limit the use of these drugs to treat sick animals. It simply prohibits their non-therapeutic use ", said the slaughter. "If the animal is sick, then by all means we should do them good, but routine use of antibiotics in healthy animals to promote growth of dangerously. It would be like a mother giving their son or daughter of antibiotics in their morning oatmeal. We are losing precious antibiotics. " office

slaughter and pressing economic point of view, emphasizing the use of antibiotics in food animals, as an international trade issue. "The nations of the world, including European Union countries, New Zealand, Thailand and Korea all have either been banned or start banning the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in animal feed," her office on Wednesday. "Under the rules of the WTO trading partners to implement the ban will have the right to refuse imports that do not meet this standard ... can be a great trade and economic consequences for American farmers. "

According to the Office of Slaughter, PAMTA enjoys broad coalition in support of more than 300 organizations in the scientific and medical community, including the American Medical Association, the World Health Organization and the National Academy of Sciences. Congresswoman Slaughter says she will continue to pressure the Obama administration to "take all possible measures to end the excessive use of antibiotics." Scientific Advisory

Animal Health Institute of the Council for "healthy people. Healthy animals. Healthy Planet. "The initiative also met in Washington this week. Resistance to antibiotics, and new rules to reduce the use subterapevtycheskyh were key topics of discussion for the group. Congressman Kurt Schroeder (D-OR) met with a group on Tuesday to discuss new veterinary and health issues. "I think we should become better at communicating as animal health and critical health related," said Schroeder, a practicing veterinarian and former farmer. "I am not in favor of indiscriminate use of antibiotics, no one here," said Schroeder, adding that regulators should be careful in writing the rules to avoid unintended negative consequences of humans and animals. .