Transporting Broiler Chickens Could Spread Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms

Monday, November 24, 2008 - 10:35 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found evidence of a novel pathway for potential human exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria from intensively raised poultry--driving behind the trucks transporting broiler chickens from farm to slaughterhouse.

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