Special Report: Vets face conflicting loyalties to animals, farmers - and drug firms

By Duff Wilson and Mimi Dwyer NEW YORK (Reuters) - In 2016, a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy will give veterinarians a key role in combating a surge in antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” that infect humans. For the first time, the agency will require veterinarians, not farmers, to decide whenever antibiotics used by people are given to animals. Medical doctors issue antibiotics by prescription only. Yet farmers and food companies have been able to buy the same or similar drugs over the counter to add to feed and water. ...



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