Effects on Human Health of Subtherapeutic Use of Antimicrobials in Animal Feeds

Committee to Study the Human Health Effects of Subtherapeutic Antibiotic Use in Animal Feeds, Division of Medical Sciences, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1. The Use of Antimicrobial Agents; 3 2. Measuring Effects on Human Health from the Subtherapeutic Use of Antimicrobials in Animal Feeds; 4 3. Critical Review of the Epidemiological Literature; 5 4. Study Possibilities; 6 5. Conclusions and Recommendations; 7 References; 8 Appendix A: The Clinical Use of Antimicrobials and the Development of Resistance; 9 Appendix B: Possible Human Health Effects of Sub-therapeutic Antimicrobial Use of Pesticides; 10 Appendix C: Genetics of Antimicrobial Resistance; 11 Appendix D: Impact of Antimicrobials on the Microbial Ecology of the Gut; 12 Appendix E: Antimicrobial Residues and Resistant Organisms: Their Occurrence, Significance, and Stability; 13 Appendix F: Zoonotic Aspects of Subtherapeutic Antimicrobials in Feed; 14 Appendix G: Transmission of Food-Borne Diseases-Implications of the Subtherapeutic Use of Antimicrobials; 15 Appendix H: Food Contamination; 16 Appendix I: Infectious Disease: Effect of Antimicrobials on Bacterial Populations; 17 Appendix J: Immunological Consequences of Antimicrobials in Animal Feeds; 18 Appendix K: Advisory Panel Report on Antibiotics in Animal Feeds