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IFT Review of Antibiotic Resistance - Federation of Animal Science ...

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Conclusions<br />

●<br />

Qualitative and quantitative risk<br />

assessments are being used<br />

to determine transfer <strong>of</strong> antibiotic resistance through the food<br />

chain resulting in human health<br />

h consequences<br />

▲ For many antibiotics such as tylosin, tilmocosin, and<br />

virginiamycin used in food animals, the estimated risk to<br />

human health is small<br />

▲ However, fluoroquinolone used to treat poultry disease<br />

through water was deemed<br />

by FDA as an unacceptable<br />

risk to human health and was withdrawn

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