date:Nov 09, 2017
to prevent disease if that illness has been diagnosed in other animals in the same flock, herd, or fish population.
Instead they want to see sick animals tested to determine the most effective antibiotic to use. And the medicine used in food animals should only be selected from those WHO has listed as being least important to human health endnote from those listed as highest priority critically important. The latter are often the last line used to treat serious infections in people.
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