Bacterial Whack-a-Mole: Reconsidering the Public Health Relevance of Using Carbadox in Food Animals
Carbadox is an antibiotic used to control dysentery and promote growth in swine in the United States; however, the drug also causes tumors and birth defects in laboratory animals. Despite this and because the drug has no analogs in human medicine, it is not considered “medically important” and can b...
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-09-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/5/e01490-17 |