Antibiotic resistance : federal agencies need to better focus efforts to address risk to humans from antibiotic use in animals : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. General Accounting Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug resistance in microorganisms--United States.

Drug resistance in microorganisms.

Antibiotics in animal nutrition--United States.

Antibiotics in animal nutrition.

Drug Resistance, Bacterial--immunology.

Anti-Bacterial Agents--adverse effects.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Drug Resistance, Bacterial--immunology.

Anti-Bacterial Agents--adverse effects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Federal agencies need to better focus efforts to address risk to humans from antibiotic use in animals

Antibiotic use in animals

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. General Accounting Office, [2004]

Contents:

Letter

Results in Brief

Background

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Have Been Transferred from Animals to Humans, but Researchers Disagree About the Extent of Potential Harm to Human Health

Federal Agencies Have Increased Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance from Animals to Assess Human Health Risk; Effectiveness of Risk Reduction Efforts Is Not Yet Known

Federal Agencies Do Not Collect Data Needed to Address the Risk of Antibiotic Resistance Associated with Use in Animals

The United States and Its Key Trading Partners and Competitors Differ in the Restrictions They Place on the Use of Antibiotics in Animals

Antibiotic Use in Animals Has Not Significantly Affected U.S. Trade but Could Be an Issue in the Future

Conclusions

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Comments and Our Response

Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology

Appendix II: Studies of the Economic Impacts of Restricting Antibiotic Uses in Animals

Appendix III: FDA's Procedures for Evaluating the Importance of an Animal Drug for Human Health

Appendix IV: Information on Selected Countries' Activities to Address Animal-Related Antibiotic Resistance

Appendix V: Antibiotics Frequently Used in Animals

Antibiotic Use in U.S. Feedlot Cattle Production

Antibiotic Use in U.S. Swine Production

Antibiotic Use in U.S. Broiler Production

Appendix VI: Comments from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

GAO's Responses to USDA's Comments

Appendix VII: Comments from the Department of Health and Human Services

Appendix VIII: GAO Contacts and Staff Acknowledgments

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Dec. 28, 2004).

"April 2004."

Paper version available from: U.S. General Accounting Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-04-490."

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2022.

Other Format:

Antibiotic resistance : federal agencies need to better focus efforts to address risk to humans from antibiotic use in animals

OCLC:

57366770

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