Did you know that your health is directly connected to animal health? Consider this sobering reality: two million people die per year from diseases that pass from animals to people. That number would be much higher without an army of people closely monitoring disease and working to keep animals healthy. Learn more in my latest blog.
In our post-truth world, myths can take hold in dramatic fashion and vaccinations are a clear example. Yet, in addition to their lifesaving ability in both people and animals, vaccines contribute in important ways to a safe food supply. I explain the connection in my latest blog tackling the vaccination vex.
Some antibiotics are approved for use in animals, others in people, and still others in both animals and people (also called shared class antibiotics), but the majority of antibiotics used in animals are non-critical to human medicine.