Food, Global Health 1 min

Reducing antibiotic use in the livestock industry: an update on INRA research

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Published on 11 August 2018

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Reducing the use of antibiotics in agriculture is essential to limit the occurrence and risks of propagation of multiresistant bacteria. To do so, public awareness and an evolution of practices in a One Health approach are necessary. INRA is multiplying initiatives aimed at associating all scientific disciplines around joint research projects, while involving all the players of the agricultural world.

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When bacteria adapt to new antimicrobials

PRESS RELEASE - The rise of antibiotic resistance jeopardizes current treatments and encourages the search for new targets for antibacterial agents. A new type of antibiotic is being developed to defeat the multi-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. INRA researchers and their colleagues from the Cochin Institute (INSERM, CNRS, and University of Paris) have questioned the rationale behind the choice of this target. Their results, published in Cell Reports (17 December 2019), demonstrate how an infected host can offer bacteria ways to escape1 despite being treated with this new kind of antibiotic.

18 December 2019