date:Nov 09, 2017
The World Health Organization issued a news release on November 7, 2017, recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals to help control the development of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics that are important for human medicine are used in food animals.
The effectiveness of antibiotics is reduced when used on farms. In some countries, approximately 80% of total consumption of medically important antibioti