Farmers will have to see a veterinarian first before giving any type of antibiotic to their animals. Antibiotics have been used by farmers to help grow bigger animals but people who eat these animals over a long period of time have become resistant to antibiotic treatments when sick due to a bacteria buildup. The inability to treat people with antibiotics has caused 99,000 deaths each year.
80 percent of antibiotics in America are currently used in animals
FDA wants prescribed antibiotics to be used in livestock
April 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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