FINDING THE PATH OF LEAST ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE: AN EXAMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections will remain an extremely serious health-security and economic threat for the United States—and the world—unless steps are taken to curb them. This thesis focuses on antibiotic use in agriculture and potential methods to slow resistance. By examining existing U.S. policies at the national and state level as well as policies in Denmark and the Netherlands, this research finds that the European countries have reduced antibiotic use and decreased resistant organisms present in food animals. This thesis recommends implementing a multifaceted policy package... Mehr ...