How much of the world's antibiotics go to farmed animals?

Roughly two-thirds of global antimicrobial use is in livestock, much of it for growth promotion or routine disease prevention rather than treating sick individuals.

Does factory farming increase pandemic risk?

Dense, genetically uniform populations of animals in close contact with humans provide efficient conditions for viral amplification and reassortment, which is why epidemiologists treat intensive poultry and pig systems as a priority risk.

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Zoonotic disease, antibiotics and pandemic risk

Antimicrobial resistance, avian influenza in poultry and dairy herds, swine flu reassortment, and the surveillance gaps in dense animal populations.

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Massentierhaltung Ernährung & Gesundheit Klima

Pflanzliches Schulessen in deutscher Mensa mit Gemüse, Hülsenfrüchten und Vollkorn

Ernährung & Gesundheit

Schulessen-Reform: ein Gespräch über pflanzliche Gesundheit in deutschen Kantinen

Diese Interview-Reportage erklärt, wie Schulessen-Reform mit mehr pflanzlicher Kost Gesundheit, Klima und soziale Gerechtigkeit in deutschen Schulen zugleich verbessern kann.

Mira Feldkamp · 8 min · 1,825 words

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How much of the world's antibiotics go to farmed animals?: Roughly two-thirds of global antimicrobial use is in livestock, much of it for growth promotion or routine disease prevention rather than treating sick individuals.
Does factory farming increase pandemic risk?: Dense, genetically uniform populations of animals in close contact with humans provide efficient conditions for viral amplification and reassortment, which is why epidemiologists treat intensive poultry and pig systems as a priority risk.