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China: Soil near pig farms are major reservoirs of antibiotic-resistance genes 24 Aug 2010

Researchers have demonstrated how routine antibiotic use at Chinese pig farms may have increased levels of tetracycline resistance in soil bacteria from nearby farmlands.

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