Day: February 11, 2010

Agriculture community in Missouri critical of animal-welfare initiative

The Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, a ballot initiative backed by the Humane Society of the United States, is raising concerns among some in the agriculture community in Missouri. “There is enough animal legislation in the state of Missouri,” said the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association’s executive vice president, Jeff Windett. “The existing programs are already under-funded and need more of our focus, not this initiative.” Columbia Missourian

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Should healthy farm animals be exposed to antibiotics?

At a poultry processing plant in Arkansas, 37 people reportedly got sick from handling eggs and chicks that had MRSA. “There are a lot of concerns about antibiotics being added to animal feeds that may be contributing to MRSA as well as other antibiotic resistance,” said the chief medical officer of Batesville, Ark. “Certainly the more bacteria are exposed to antibiotics in any shape or form, the more tendency there is for resistance.” CBS News

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