The overuse of antibiotics in food animals

Zulfiqarali Premji is a retired MUHAS professor. His career spans over 40 years in academia,research and public health . He has authored over 100 publications. PHOTO|COURTESY

What you need to know:

  • This prompted me to write this article and put the issue of antibiotic resistance in perceptive as an expert on infectious diseases.
  • Rapidly emerging resistant bacteria threaten the extraordinary health benefits that have been achieved with antibiotics.