Research Opportunities for Antimicrobial Resistance Control in China's Factory Farming.

The article focuses on the need for research into antimicrobial resistance in factory farms in China. It states the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advocate reducing the use of microbials to prevent the emergence of resistant microbes and mentions China banned the nontherapeutic use of 150 antimicrobials in food animal production. It talks about the storage of animal wastes in lagoons and suggests veterinary medical care can safeguard animal health.