Unknown Dangers of Beef

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Channel: Marcus Guiliano · 2015 · Education

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Research: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria May Travel Via Feedlot Dust
By News Desk | January 23, 2015

There have been many concerns raised in recent years about the overuse of antibiotics on farms, but the effect such uses have on human health is not fully understood.

Researchers at Texas Tech University are now suggesting that airborne dust could be a pathway for antibiotic-resistance bacteria to travel from feedlots to human environments.

Scientists collected air samples upwind and downwind of 10 feedlots in the southern High Plains region and found greater amounts of bacteria, antibiotics and DNA sequences responsible for antibiotic resistance downwind of the feedlots compared to upwind.

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