Consumption of antibiotics in food animals is increasing worldwide and is approaching, if not already surpassing, the volume consumed by humans. It is often suggested that reducing the volume of antibiotics consumed by food animals could have public health benefits. Although this notion is widely regarded as intuitively obvious there is a lack of robust, quantitative evidence to either support ...

2. The development, raising and use of animals for human purposes, and in particular, for use for food, raise a variety of issues beyond food safety. Without prejudice to their legitimacy or importance, or to whether or how the use of recombinant-DNA methods in developing animals for food use might affect those issues, this Guideline addresses only food safety and nutritional issues. It therefo...

Every animal is (1,2) closely linked with a number of other animals living round it, and these relations in an animal community are largely food relations. (3) Man himself is in the centre of such an animal community, as is shown by his relations to plague-carrying rats and (4) to malaria or the diseases of his domestic animals, e.g. liver-rot in sheep. (5) The dependence of man upon other anim...

Obesity its only possible origin is off the plate. It is a question of imbalance between food intake and energy expenditure. Since food intake is regulated by appetite, Dr Morrison’s paper is pertinent. The treatment of obesity is largely a problem for dietetic practice, and it is fitting that Miss Rose should conclude this Symposium with an account of her unrivalled experience in this field. O...

The primary responsibility of veterinarians is to the animals in their care, so veterinary students need to be aware of important issues and factual information relevantto animal welfare. Veterinarians have tended to concentrate on physical aspects of welfare, but also need to take account of mental aspects (including pain) and naturalness. A crucial first step in animal welfare education is to...

This paper discussed the threats from farm animals to food and human security. In response to these threats, a radical reform plan was adapted by several countries and the plan includes restructure of the organization of governing agencies, implementation of a traceability system from the farm sector to end users, application of hazard control measures, as well as tightening the food import con...

This privilege, however, is not can~ blanche; specific conditions must be met btIore a veterinarian may legally use or prescribe drugs in an extraIabel fashion for food-producing animals. These requirementsl-4 include a valid veterinarian-clIent-patient relationship and appropriate drug labeling and record keeping. Certain ~gs may not be prescribed or used even under AMDUCA auspices. Section 53...

Theological discussions can be abstract and hard to apply, but I do not want this one to be. The reason is that I want to convince you to adopt a specific stance toward food animals. The best way for me to do this is by telling you my story. I am a Mennonite, and we, typically, are rural folk. I do not know whether every other Christian sect or denomination has more farmers per capita than we d...