Pat's Note: Not all Scottish scientists are as complacent as Dr
Malcolm Ogilvie.

Scotland has big problems with both human and animal epidemics.

They are linked to problems with their veterinarians and the abuse of
antibiotics on hidden pig epidemics.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/08/28/scibug128.xml

Exploding bacteria method could fight superbugs

By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Last Updated: 7:01pm BST 28/08/2008

 
A novel way to make bacteria explode has been found that could lead to
a new generation of drugs to fight superbugs.

Step forward in predicting disease hotspots 
Cocktail could make superbugs evolve to be nicer 
Drugs to combat superbugs 'will soon be useless' 

Britain is a hotspot of novel diseases in terms of the emergence of
drug esistant superbug strains, from E coli to MRSA, reflecting the
nation's high population density, industrial farming methods and the
widespread use of antibiotics....

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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
www.go-self-sufficient.com  and http://animal-epidemics.blogspot.com/