Brussels, 08/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - Around 50% of the antibiotics prescribed in Europe are for animal use, which means that a “well coordinated approach” is necessary, said the European Parliament (EP) agriculture committee on Monday 7 February as it approved an oral question to the European Commission. Since resistance to antibiotics is exactly the same for humans and animals, and it is impossible to imagine modern animal husbandry without the use of antibiotics, “the European...