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Halo blight on a bean leaf. Since halo blight and common blight are bacterial diseases, they can be controlled with streptomycin, but the same antibiotic is critical for controlling human disease.
Crops, Oilseeds

Antibiotic bean coatings under scrutiny

With growing concerns over antibiotic resistance in mind, 
bean blights will have to be tackled with blight-resistant varieties


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For nearly three decades Health Canada has been threatening to end the importation of streptomycin sulphate-coated bean seeds. Now it is one step closer — sort of. “Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has not banned the import of streptomycin-treated bean seeds,” the federal department said in an emailed statement. “It should be noted,
cow being vaccinated
Beef cattle, Livestock

Regulatory changes would limit farmers’ vet drug imports

Proposed Health Canada changes will affect how antimicrobials are imported into Canada

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For John Prescott, a move to end farmers’ right to import certain veterinary drugs marks a significant turning point in the fight against antimicrobial resistance in Canada. The Public Health Agency announced last year that Health Canada’s Veterinary Drugs Directorate would introduce new regulations requiring veterinary oversight of antibiotics used in food animals, such as
Cattle and other animals alter antibiotics as they pass through their digestive systems.
Did you know?, News

Antibiotics manure risk requires a rethink

Manitoba researchers say previous studies ignore the interplay of animals’ digestive systems on the drugs

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A University of Man­itoba research paper may upend the way environmental scientists consider the issue of residual antibiotics in manure. They’re a cause of concern because when they’re fed to animals, a lot of the antibiotics pass right through the animal and into the manure. Scientists have worried that could promote antibiotic resistance. “Often, 90 per
Livestock, News

EU agency wants 65 per cent cut in farm use of last-ditch antibiotic

Colistin is widely used in livestock production and resistant bacteria are growing

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Agricultural use of a last-resort antibiotic should be cut by two-thirds to limit the spread of dangerous drug resistance, European medicine regulators said on May 26. The demand for strict curbs on giving colistin to animals is the latest in a string of warnings about antimicrobial resistance. It follows the discovery last year of a
G7 told to act on antibiotics as dreaded superbug hits U.S.
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G7 told to act on antibiotics as dreaded superbug hits U.S.

The U.S. has recorded its first case of resistance to last-resort drug, 
but it has already surfaced in Canada and Europe

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Britain told the G7 industrial powers on May 27 to do more to fight killer superbugs as the United States reported its first patient with bacteria resistant to a last-resort antibiotic. U.S. scientists said the infection in a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman “heralds the emergence of truly pandrug-resistant bacteria” because it could not be controlled even
pigs
Livestock, News

Bacteria shares antibiotic resistance with genetic partners

When one antibiotic is used, resistance to many antibiotics can increase

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Michigan State University researchers have uncovered a troubling trend towards multiple antibiotic resistance in concentrated animal feeding operations. A research team led by James Tiedje, distinguished professor of microbiology found that in large swine farms where antibiotics are used continuously in feed for growth promotion and disease prevention, multidrug-resistant bacteria are likely the norm rather
The cattle cycle is headed for a downturn in prices, an industry official says.
Livestock, News

The cattle market is heading into a downturn

Canadians will have lower inventories and lower prices

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A significant drop in North American cattle prices is coming within the next two years, market analyst Anne Wasko told an April 20 livestock producer seminar in Winnipeg. Wasko said the cattle price cycle peaked in 2014-15 after the U.S. beef herd underwent a major liquidation following a severe drought in 2012. The resulting shortage
cattle in a feedlot
Livestock

Antimicrobial use in beef to meet new pressures

Antimicrobial resistance in the Canadian beef sector is currently low, 
but experts warn that producers should be cautious of overuse

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Antimicrobial use in Canadian cattle is in for a major rethink. Growing concern from consumers and animal scientists over antibiotic resistance also underlines an unpleasant truth for producers — these long-relied-upon tools may be on the cusp of becoming ineffective. “In our industry we need to know if we are creating resistance within our animal
(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

U.K. review calls for urgent cuts to antibiotic use in livestock

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London | Reuters –– Massive use of antibiotics in farming poses a critical threat to global public health and should be reduced dramatically to an internationally-agreed target, according to a British government-commissioned review. Agreeing and implementing a global target for agricultural antibiotic use won’t be easy, the review, led by former Goldman Sachs chief economist
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock

Rules planned to rein in antibiotic use for livestock

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Health Canada is making its first move on new regulations to limit livestock producers’ own-use imports of veterinary drugs, and to tighten veterinary oversight of medicated livestock feed and water. Proposed changes to the federal Food and Drug Regulations and Feeds Regulations, announced Friday, tie into Health Minister Rona Ambrose’s federal action plan on antimicrobial

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