(MENAFN)
A report published on Monday in the Medical Journal of Australia said that experts in Australia are calling for a cut on the use of huge quantities of antibiotics in livestock to help address antibiotic resistance in humans, according to Xinhua.
Monash University researchers and Alfred health discovered that around 182 tons of antibiotics were sold for use on animals yearly between 2005 and 2010 compared with 121 tons for humans.
The reported is quoted as saying that "The increasing intensification of modern food animal production has resulted in an increase in antimicrobial use in livestock, for both therapeutic and non-therapeutic purposes".
Also adding that "There are a number of mechanisms by which antimicrobial use in animals affects resistance in human pathogens, such as transmission by direct contact and indirectly, through food consumption and environmental contamination."
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