I guess the same is happening as is happening in hospitals:  anti-microbial
use is creating virulent/killer strains of organisms that can't be dealt
with (I guess the next step will be to sterilize hospitals (and then
chickens...) with Nuke Power, thus creating another round of mutant
organisms (including humans, no doubt - if they survive).  Don;'t get me
wrong, I'm not really a pessimist (much) !!!
But think of the benefits (?) - "food" on shelves that lasts forever!

What I would like to know is where this " key anti-microbial drug" is used,
and why after many  years suddenly people have problems with chickens?  Or
is it that the chickens themselves are have problems with this?

Enquiringly,

Lynton


At 06:02 AM 11/23/97 -1000,Jai Maharaj wrote:
>A new survey conducted by U.S. government health officials
>shows that a potentially dangerous food-borne bacterium known
>as campylobacter can be found on nearly all U.S. poultry. And
>medical authorities are expressing alarm that this bacterium is
>becoming resistant to a key anti-microbial drug. This is posing
>new challenge to public health safety of America's food supply.