Tag Archives: drug resistance

Wild deer carrying drug-resistant parasites between cattle and sheep farms

Posted on September 6, 2013 by argylesock

Animal Bytes is published freely by the British Society for Animal Science (BSAS). It’s there to let farmers and vets know what scientists are doing with funding from BSAS. Animal Bytes provides ‘short and incisive updates on topical themes and … Continue reading →

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New Mapping Tool Tracks Insecticide Resistance In Malaria Carrying Mosquitoes

Posted on July 6, 2013 by argylesock

argylesock says… When I blog about human populations growing, it’s too easy for us in the rich world to assume that birth control can fix that. But it’s not so easy when you know that your kids will face a … Continue reading →

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Antibiotic resistance – the impact of intensive farming on human health

Posted on May 31, 2013 by argylesock

ARKBIODIV.COM A report for the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics Compassion in World Farming, the Soil Association and Sustain Summary Scientists and leading figures are increasingly warning of a serious health crisis in future, where some infectious diseases will no … Continue reading →

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When the drugs don’t work: Antibiotics in farming and medicine

Posted on April 3, 2013 by argylesock

Remember penicillin? If you’re old enough to remember that, you’re not young. The days are long gone when that wonder drug could cure diseases. Because bacteria are clever. Hit them with a chemical cosh and they evolve to resist it. … Continue reading →

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