Why did Oregon pass new law?

[Noralynn]

Oregon just past a new law prohibiting feed stores from selling antibiotics for our pets and livestock? I don't understand why,can. Somebody out there enlighten me cuz I can't get any answered.

 

[sourland]

It is likely a result of folks abusing the use of antibiotics.

 

[SourRoses]

There was a federal ban on antibiotics over the counter for livestock, which already went into effect. Maybe your state did too but it would be redundant if so.

The FDA is concerned about increasing levels of antibiotic resistance. In animals intended for human consumption that is a bad thing. As it is, there are many classes of antibiotic drugs used for humans that will never be cleared for livestock for this very reason. The worry of not being able to treat humans for life threatening ailments is very real, and the pipeline of new drugs is very slow.
You can still obtain fish antibiotics online

 

[Noralynn]

There was a federal ban on antibiotics over the counter for livestock, which already went into effect. Maybe your state did too but it would be redundant if so.

The FDA is concerned about increasing levels of antibiotic resistance. In animals intended for human consumption that is a bad thing. As it is, there are many classes of antibiotic drugs used for humans that will never be cleared for livestock for this very reason. The worry of not being able to treat humans for life threatening ailments is very real, and the pipeline of new drugs is very slow.
You can still obtain fish antibiotics online

I still don't understand sorry I will reread till I do

 

[SourRoses]

I still don't understand sorry I will reread till I do

Maybe an example will help?

Back about 14 years ago, my father was in the hospital with a staph infection.
He had experienced 3 heart attacks before this, so his health was not good.
The Dr's kept trying different antibiotics, and finally pulled out the "big guns". I can't remember what it was called, but I do remember the Dr. saying "if the infection doesn't kill him, this drug might".
In the end, it was the infection that killed him. Like him, people die in our hospitals every day because the antibiotics we have are not as effective as they once were.
It all comes back to the fact that microbes want to live just as much as people and animals do. The microbes fight back and they learn how to resist a specific medication... then everyone who catches that disease from the first person or animal, has the resistant strain.
I hope that makes more sense out of it and that I didn't make it too simplified.

The FDA is more permissive about medicines for pet animals like cats & dogs. Any type of animal deemed potential food for humans, they are more strict in what medicines are approved. Not for the wellbeing of the animals, but for the sake of human health.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I still don't understand sorry I will reread till I do

The new law is likely just a state codification of a federal ban.
The main problem is the willy nilly prolific and prophylactic use of antibiotics. It isn't really about consuming animals with antibiotic resistance. The problem is that all the families of antibiotics used in animals are the same ones used in humans. Antibiotic resistance of the emergence of so-called superbugs gets worse every year. It is one of the top global public health threats.
Antimicrobial resistance is directly responsible for 1.27 global deaths in 2019 and was partially responsible for another 5 million deaths.
The world bank estimates that by 2030 resistance will cause GDP losses in excess of 3 trillion dollars and by 2050 an additional trillion dollars in health care costs.
For a real eye opener, I recommend reading the book "Big Chicken".
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Chicken-Incredible-Antibiotics-Agriculture/dp/1426217668

 

[Ponyiqandhens2]

Oregon just past a new law prohibiting feed stores from selling antibiotics for our pets and livestock? I don't understand why,can. Somebody out there enlighten me cuz I can't get any answered.

It's federal not state

 

[Nym]

Look no further than the vetinary indu$try. They would have 'lobbied' gov't for the change.

To note: In Australia you will never have access to over-the-counter animal antibiotics accept, maybe, if you're a primary producer. Heck, us humans have only very recently gained OTC access to the tiny tubes of conjunctivitis ointment, and even then I've had to really push for it. Yeah, ok so I didn't have conjunctivitis (I wanted it to treat my infected rooster wound). My dog used to get pink eye when the westerlies blew and I would fake pink eye by using a cheap mascara in order to get the ointment prescribed. Then I discovered colloidal, now Ionic, silver. My dog never got pink eye again. Farewell cheap mascara lol