Dr. Mark Cook, an animal science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has discovered an antibiotic alternative for certain infections common in livestock.
Credit: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Many scientific breakthroughs, including the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming, have occurred by happenstance. This is also true of a new technology that could one day replace the use of antibiotics in livestock, and perhaps even humans, for a variety of pathogenic digestive tract infections.
“We were trying to make animals more sensitive to disease so that we could find a replacement for antibiotics,” says Dr. Mark Cook, a professor of animal science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We had [the answer] in our hands the whole time.”
The answer turns out to be Interleukin 10 (IL-10), a protein that is a kind of “off switch” for the immune system that can be […]
Many plants have antibiotic-antiviral-antifungal properties because they also have to fight infections. Oregano (carvacrol) and Garlic (allicin) are the most powerful. Some nutrients such as betacarotene, Vit C, Vit D, and folic acid are key to having a strong immune system. Colloidal silver is also important. At your local health food store. Certainly worth a try when someone is dying of an infection doctors can’t treat.
You are right Steve, and I would add Probiotics and algae supplements to that list.
This has got to be some of the best news I have heard in a long time. It figures that a farmer would figure this out. They don’t want to have to use antibiotics on their livestock any more than we want to use them. This could be a world changing discovery for the human race.