Antibiotic resistance from the farm to the table

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.).
Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.
• Description:
  Antibiotics are widely used in food-producing animals. This use contributes to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in food-producing animals. These resistant bacteria can contaminate the foods that come from those animals, and persons who consume these foods can develop antibiotic-resistant infections.
  
  Resistance: All animals carry bacteria in their intestines. Antibiotics are given to animals. Antibiotics kill most bacteria. But resistant bacteria survive and multiply.
  
  Spread: Resistant bacteria can spread to…
  
  • animal products
  
  • produce through contaminated water or soil
  
  • prepared food through contaminated surfaces
  
  • the environment when animals poop
  
  Exposure: People can get sick with resistant infections from…
  
  • contaminated food
  
  • contaminated environment
  
  Impact: Some infections cause…
  
  • mild illness
  
  • severe illness and may lead to death
  
  
• Subjects:
  Drug Resistance, Bacterial Drug Resistance, Microbial Food Safety Food Supply
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3227a8543b37857db8d5236613b66f91924c19a27489306103f549d944ad1fe5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25453/cdc_25453_DS1.pdf
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