Bacteria resistant to ‘last resort’ antibiotic found on UK pig farms

By Noli DinkovskiNoli Dinkovski, 23-Dec-2015

Antibiotics usage in livestock has again come under scrutiny after a gene that makes bacteria resistant to colistin, the antibiotic used when all others fail, was found in E. coli from pigs at three different UK farms.

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