Environmental scientists find antibiotics, bacteria, resistance genes in feedlot dust

Friday, January 23, 2015 - 10:00 in Biology & Nature

After testing dust in the air near cattle feedlots in the Southern High Plains, researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University found evidence of antibiotics, feedlot-derived bacteria and DNA sequences that encode for antibiotic resistance.

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