http://blog.liberationbc.org/2009/07/how-long-until-we-seriously-shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot/ Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:03:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.liberationbc.org/2009/07/how-long-until-we-seriously-shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1650 CBS report on antibiotic use | Liberation BC blog Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:35:50 +0000 http://blog.liberationbc.org/?p=1087#comment-1650 [...] situation in Canada is quite likely very similar, since our agricultural systems are virtually identical to the United [...] [...] situation in Canada is quite likely very similar, since our agricultural systems are virtually identical to the United [...]

]]> http://blog.liberationbc.org/2009/07/how-long-until-we-seriously-shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-1599 MRSA scares the bejeezus out of me | Liberation BC blog Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:13:16 +0000 http://blog.liberationbc.org/?p=1087#comment-1599 [...] I’ve written about MRSA before, but I just read about a new pair of reports that have come out with links between animals and humans and the spread of MRSA. One of the reports is about 3 patients in Spain who have been identified as having that country’s first cases of humans contracting “pig MRSA” (ST398): The researchers spotted these particular isolates (out of 44 analyzed at the two hospitals in 2006) because they were resistant to tetracycline. Tetracycline resistance is not common among community strains of MRSA, because the drug isn’t the first-line choice for skin and soft-tissue infections; and when it is given, it’s usually for a short course, so the drug does not exert much selection pressure on the bug. But tetracycline is a very common animal antibiotic, and tetracycline resistance is a hallmark of ST398; it is one of the factors that led the Dutch researchers who first identified the strain to take a second look at the bug. [...] [...] I’ve written about MRSA before, but I just read about a new pair of reports that have come out with links between animals and humans and the spread of MRSA. One of the reports is about 3 patients in Spain who have been identified as having that country’s first cases of humans contracting “pig MRSA” (ST398): The researchers spotted these particular isolates (out of 44 analyzed at the two hospitals in 2006) because they were resistant to tetracycline. Tetracycline resistance is not common among community strains of MRSA, because the drug isn’t the first-line choice for skin and soft-tissue infections; and when it is given, it’s usually for a short course, so the drug does not exert much selection pressure on the bug. But tetracycline is a very common animal antibiotic, and tetracycline resistance is a hallmark of ST398; it is one of the factors that led the Dutch researchers who first identified the strain to take a second look at the bug. [...]

]]> http://blog.liberationbc.org/2009/07/how-long-until-we-seriously-shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Johnathan Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:37:09 +0000 http://blog.liberationbc.org/?p=1087#comment-497 How much of that 466,236 pounds of meat was eaten by the time the recall took place? Almost all of it, I'd bet. I sure am glad I don't eat meat! How much of that 466,236 pounds of meat was eaten by the time the recall took place? Almost all of it, I’d bet. I sure am glad I don’t eat meat!

]]> http://blog.liberationbc.org/2009/07/how-long-until-we-seriously-shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Meredith Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:12:52 +0000 http://blog.liberationbc.org/?p=1087#comment-485 Once again I'm glad I've been a vegetarian since 1993. Once again I’m glad I’ve been a vegetarian since 1993.

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