Antibiotic Tolerance Noted In Bacteria Around BC Salmon Farming Operations

[hatrack]

Wow, who could have predicted that?
:silly:

Bacteria around open-net pen salmon farms are developing a resistance to antibiotics, a two-year study in the Broughton Archipelago has found.

"They are not actually resistant, but if we do these special tests, we can see the is higher than you would expect it to be," said Dr. Michael Kelly, who headed the research.

Kelly conducted the research with biologist Alexandra Morton and Martin Krkosek from the University of Washington. Although Morton is an outspoken opponent of open-net pen salmon farms, that did not affect the findings of the study, he said.

Kelly, of Washington-based Kelly Medical Services Inc., who is also a clinical professor at the University of B.C., presented the findings last week at the B.C. Society of Laboratory Science Congress. Higher-than-average concentrations of antibiotics were needed to stop the growth of bacteria in samples taken from around salmon farms, compared with bacteria at control sites in areas up to 130 kilometres away, he said.

EDIT

http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Study%20links%20open%20salmon%20farms%20hardier%20bacteria/3634853/story.html#ixzz11hA3RCXT

[louis-t]

1. Riiight, but industry sez farmed salmon or GM salmon is

"virtually the same." Except when it isn't.