Meat and milk that people can buy at the grocery store should be free of antibiotics, but agriculture remains a source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This was explained to socialbites.ca by clinical pharmacologist Andrey Dekhnich, deputy director of research at the Smolensk State Medical University of the Ministry of Health Research Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
“Animal products that hit the shelves should no longer contain antibiotics – manufacturers have to meet deadlines for the antibiotic to be completely eliminated from the animal’s body. But in the end, bacteria with resistance genes still exist in the environment. Now some harmless microbes that are resistant to antibiotics can live near the farm and then change the resistance genes to dangerous humans. will share it with a pathogen that has
The scientist added that the world has been struggling with this problem for decades. Key measures include limiting the use of antibiotics and the development of special medicines for animals.
Learn more about the problem of drug-resistant bacteria and the steps anyone can take to combat it. material “socialbites.ca”.