Compounding the cure: How our overzealous efforts to zap infections could be making animals — and humans — sicker

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Dr. Scott Weese is a veterinary internal medicine specialist, chief of infection control and director of the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. Weese is a member of the Global Leaders Group on antimicrobial resistance and has helped craft antimicrobial use guidelines for veterinarians in Canada. 

Further reading: 

• The global threat of antibiotic resistance
• At the UN, world leaders are negotiating the biggest health issue you’ve never heard of
• Three million child deaths linked to drug resistance, study shows
• Do I need that antibiotic?
• Veterinary medicine is key to overcoming antimicrobial resistance
• The link between pets, people and antimicrobial resistance
• Canada introduces new guidelines to tackle antimicrobial resistance

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