Should the Food Industry Be Concerned by the Sharp Rise in Antibiotic Resistance in Food Animals?

Technology Networks- October 10, 2019. “This paper is the first to track antibiotic resistance in animals globally and it finds that resistance has gone up dramatically during the past 18 years,” said co-author Ramanan Laxminarayan.“We certainly do want higher-protein diets for many people, but if this comes at the cost of failing antibiotics, then we need to evaluate our priorities,” Laxminarayan said.