New superbug that is spread by farm animals

New superbug that is spread by farm animals: Doctors raise concern over worrying resistance to antibiotics
By SEAN POULTER
Last updated at 12:09 PM on 23rd September 2010


Superbug versions of common food poisoning bacteria have been found in farm animals across Britain, government scientists warn.

The new and potentially deadlier strains of E.coli and salmonella are spreading in cattle and pigs, according to research to be unveiled today.

The bugs have developed a resistance to the antibiotics that are normally used to treat infections in both animals and humans.

As a result, doctors are finding it increasingly difficult to treat people who fall ill after coming into contact with the bugs through food or other routes.

One superbug, ESBL E.coli, was first found on one British farm in 2008. No measures were taken by the Government to try to contain the bug, which is now circulating on more than one in three – 37 per cent – of the country’s dairy farms.

The incidence is much higher – 59 per cent – on farms which bought cattle from the original source farm, in Wales.


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