RE: Super bug bacteria in meat and poultry, study says
ewromero (comment # 3)
You need to read up on this issue, or you won't be able to comment intelligently.
It's not "what kind" of antibiotics that "make" an animal put on weight faster. MOST of them will, if given at what are called "sub-theraputic" doses. I think this level of dosing just weeds out the very most vulnerable portion of the bacterial population, making the animal's internal ecosystem much simpler. It's like when the Army Corp of Engineers straightens a river: the water flows faster, but it risks easier flooding.
But yes, small regular doses DO make the animal grow faster. The meat industry knows this and has been giving them to animals since the seventies at least.
And the fact that we ARE "all" carriers of S. Aurea is EXACTLY why this is such a threat. The bug will implant in OUR internal ecosystems, and establish a waiting reservoir of anti-biotic resistance -- waiting for our own natural resistance to drop. Can you say "time-bomb," children?
You also just need to know more about where your meat comes from, and how it's handled on the way to your intestines.
But not least, note that you have started out of ignorance, and climbed clear up it, thinking that it is in fact smarts. You take the blogger to task, calling her biased, just for telling you the utter truth, because it doesn't fit the shape of your ignorance!
EXACTLY backwards, dude. Get a clue, and THEN comment.
