FDA Heralds Drop in Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals: Is It Warranted?
date:Dec 24, 2018
ary oversight, can be purchased over the counter without a prescription. They are also concerned that 1/3 of medically important antibiotics can be given to farm animals for long or undefined durations of use.

The longer an antibiotic is used, the more risk there is for bacteria to evolve and develop resistance against that drug.

And the Pew analysis found that some labels on these antibiotics state that they can be used for maintaining weight gains during times of stress, which is problematic
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