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Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics
Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases 2002; 34: S71 144.
Over a two year period, a panel of experts in human and veterinary medicine, public health, microbiology, and other disciplines reviewed more more than 500 studies relating to agricultural uses of antibiotics. The panel concluded that "elimination of nontherapeutic use of antimicrobials in food animals and agriculture will lower the burden of antimicrobial resistance."