1977
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Australian veterinary journal
Abstract
The use of cloxacillin in veterinary medicine has been considered by a Working Party of the National Health and Medical Research Council which is investigating the use of antibiotics in human and veterinary medicine. The Association was asked to give its views and this request was subsequently referred to us, as members of the Sub-committee on Bovine Mastitis. through the Standing Committee on Disease and its Control. Some medical authorities have argued that resistant sgrains of Staphylococcus aureus may develop in cattle, that these strains may infect man and that resistance could then be spread to human pathogens. While there can be no simple reply to such a proposal, it is considered that the use of cloxacillin in veterinary medicine, in particular with reference to therapy of mastitis in cattle, does not constitute a risk to human health. This conclusion is based on the following evidence.