How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World

Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by Qantourisc on Sunday January 22, 2017 @02:09AM (#13454078)

In a way this is surprising to me. Shouldn't this destroy the gut flora, making it harder to digest/use the food ? Then again their entire gut flora might be anti-biotic resistant ....

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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by maxerickson on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:44AM (#13455611)

Several of the antibiotics in use as feed additives act selectively, changing the mix of microorganisms rather than destroying them all.

I swear I'm not a shill for big ionophore, but this is something they do in ruminants, they shift the mix away from one that tends to lead to "bloat" when the animals are fed a lot of grain.

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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by bodski on Sunday January 22, 2017 @04:50AM (#13454469)

Gut flora in humans appears to have a significant influence on weight gain/loss. Perhaps ABs fed to livestock tilt towards weight gain.

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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by IslaDeEncanta on Sunday January 22, 2017 @02:42AM (#13454160)

Actually, that's often the case with cattle.

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Re:How to Avoid a Post-Antibiotic World by Fomite on Sunday January 22, 2017 @04:06AM (#13454363)

Cows can have pretty intensive levels of antibiotic resistant gut flora.

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